Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis in Japan.

Granulocytapheresis (GCAP) for severe alcoholic hepatitis—A preliminary report

“…The survival rate in our series was better than that reported for severe alcoholic hepatitis in a recent National survey in Japan [1], in which the survival rate for 69 patients with prothrombin times less than 50% was only 29%. No information on the Maddrey's index was included in the Japanese National survey.…”