Novel Biomarker for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis.

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) characterized by heavy and prolonged alcohol intake could cause various forms of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The spectrum of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) consists of steatosis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma depending on the duration and severity of alcohol intake [1,2]. Interestingly only one-third of heavy drinkers (typically a sub-group of AUD patients), who exhibit specific heavy drinking patterns [3,4] would develop any clinically relevant form of liver damage.