Alcoholism is a major public health problem in the United States. Alcoholic liver disease, especially its ultimate stage of scarring or cirrhosis, is responsible for 75% of all medical deaths due to alcohol and represents a major cause of mortality in urban areas (Lieber, 1992). However, development of adequate prevention and treatment has been hindered by the lack of a suitable experimental model.
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Lieber, C.S., Leo, M.A., DeCarli, L.M. (2009). Baboon Model for Alcoholic Liver Disease: 1973–2003. In: VandeBerg, J.L., Williams-Blangero, S., Tardif, S.D. (eds) The Baboon in Biomedical Research. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75991-3_15
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