Alcoholic liver disease prognosis has not been thoroughly developed yet. The possibility of morphologic prognosis has been limited due to disadvantages of liver biopsy. Insignificant amount of studies is devoted to laboratory methods. prognosis value of serum markers of liver fibrosis at the last cirrhotic stages is widely considered in the medical literature. at the same time the results of treatment are determined by making a diagnosis
S.P. Sernov, V.B. Lifshitz, Yu.I. Skvortsov, V.G. Subbotina, A.G. Martynova, L.S. Sulkovskaya, V.I. Shulgin, L.A. Suchilina Important issues of alcoholic liver disease prognosis // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2010, pp. 94-100