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Specific diagnosis for alcoholic cirrhosis
| Detail history taking |
| Clinical: hepatosplenomegaly and/or malnutrition |
| Biochemical: disproportionately high aspartate aminotransferase compared to alanine aminotransferase |
| Imaging studies: |
| Ultrasound: convenient and repeatable |
| Magnetic resonance imaging: etiologically specific |
| Hepatic phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy: etiologically specific |
| Liver biopsy: pericentral fibrosis and/or micronodular cirrhosis |
