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[[Image:Ground_glass_hepatocytes_high_mag_cropped_2.jpg |thumb| 250px|right | [[Ground glass hepatocytes]], as seen in chronic [[hepatitis B]]. (WC)]] | |||
'''Hepatitis''' is an inflammatory process that involves of the [[liver]]. | '''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''. | 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''. | ||
==Types of hepatitis== | |||
*[[Autoimmune hepatitis]]. | *[[Autoimmune hepatitis]]. | ||
*[[Viral hepatitis]]: | *[[Viral hepatitis]]: | ||