Difference between revisions of "Hepatitis"

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Hepatitis is an inflammatory process that involves of the liver.

The term is used somewhat loosely when considered from the pathologist's perspective; inflammatory cells may be absent, such as in steatohepatitis. Clinically, transaminase elevation (elevation of ALT, AST) may be described as hepatitis.