Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 675-682, December 2008

Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in human alcohol-induced liver injury: a pilot study

  • Irina A. Kirpich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson St., ALB Third Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • Natalia V. Solovieva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Svetlana N. Leikhter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Natalia A. Shidakova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Oxsana V. Lebedeva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Pavel I. Sidorov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Drug and Alcohol Center, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Tatjana A. Bazhukova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Andrej G. Soloviev

      Affiliations

    • Department of Drug and Alcohol Center, Northern State Medical University, 161020, Arkhangelsk, Russia
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  • Shirish S. Barve

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson St., ALB Third Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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  • Craig J. McClain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson St., ALB Third Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Jewish Hospital of Louisville, KY USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Louisville VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-502-852-6128; fax: +1-502-852-8927.
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  • Matt Cave

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson St., ALB Third Floor, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
    • Jewish Hospital of Louisville, KY USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Louisville VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY USA

Received 27 May 2008; received in revised form 22 July 2008; accepted 9 August 2008.

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PII: S0741-8329(08)00301-7

doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.006

Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 675-682, December 2008

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