| Alcohol abuse is the most common cause of cirrhosis and many people associate the disease with alcoholism. |
| The subject of regression of human cirrhosis is extremely important in today's health care environment. |
| Some surveys show a terrifying, tenfold increase in the incidence of cirrhosis over the past three decades. |
| In primary biliary cirrhosis the bile ducts in the liver are attacked by the body's own immune system. |
| Elevated liver enzymes are found in 18 percent of older alcoholics, and may indicate alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver or cirrhosis. |
| Reversibility of end-stage liver disease and its prediction of regression would be welcome signs in the management and treatment of cirrhosis. |
