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Figure 5. The natural history of alcoholic liver disease. Chronic ethanol consumption leads to fatty liver for more than 90%. But only up to 40% of this population develops more severe forms of alcoholic liver disease, including fibrosis and alcoholic hepatitis. Continuous ethanol consumption finally leads to liver cirrhosis or HCC and leads to death. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma