AUGUST 14, 2024

Between the Guidelines

ACG Issues Updated Guidance on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

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Loretta Jophlin, MD, PhD

The American College of Gastroenterology recently published a guideline on alcohol-associated liver disease (Am J Gastroenterol 2024;119[1]:30-54). GEN’s Sarah Tilyou spoke with lead author Loretta Jophlin, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine and the medical director of the liver transplantation program at the UofL School of Medicine, in Louisville, Ky., about the guideline and its implications for GI practice.

GEN: What prompted the guideline?

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