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Regeneration of the liver after quitting alcohol

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Alcohol abuse can lead to a fatty liver and in advanced form to a cirrhosis, in which parts of the liver are scarred. Research finds that the liver has a great possibility to recover from alcohol abuse once alcohol is given up. It can fully recover from a fatty liver, but not fully from a cirrhosis.

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