Difference between revisions of "Medical liver disease"
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=Viral hepatitis= | =Viral hepatitis= | ||
These are common. The diagnoses are based on serology. The serology is covered in the ''[[Liver_pathology#Viral_hepatitis|viral hepatitis]]'' section in the ''[[liver pathology]]'' article. | These are common. The diagnoses are based on serology. The serology is covered in the ''[[Liver_pathology#Viral_hepatitis|viral hepatitis]]'' section in the ''[[liver pathology]]'' article. | ||
Typically classified as:<ref name=pmid8048409>{{Cite journal | title = Terminology of chronic hepatitis, hepatic allograft rejection, and nodular lesions of the liver: summary of recommendations developed by an international working party, supported by the World Congresses of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, 1994. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 89 | issue = 8 Suppl | pages = S177-81 | month = Aug | year = 1994 | doi = | PMID = 8048409 }}</ref><ref>URL: [http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/hepatitis-b.html http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/hepatitis-b.html]. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.</ref> | |||
#Acute < 6 months duration. | |||
#Chronic > 6 months duration. | |||
==Hepatitis A== | ==Hepatitis A== | ||