58 patients ( mean age 54 yrs ; mean MELD score 19 , all with cirrhosis , 81 % with alcoholic steatohepatitis at baseline liver biopsy ) were randomized early after hospital admission to standard medical therapy ( SMT ) alone ( n = 30 ) , including steroids in patients with a Maddrey 's score 32 , or combined with G-CSF injections and autologous BMMCT into the hepatic artery ( n = 28 ) .
