Cirrhosis (cont.)Medical Author:
Jeffrey A Gunter, MD
Coauthor:
Erik D Barton, MD, MS
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Steven L Bernstein, MD
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Synonyms and Keywordscirrhosis, liver damage, liver failure, liver transplant, yellow jaundice,hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HCV, medications for hepatitis C, foreign travel, liver biopsy, long-term liver disease, chronic liver disease, portal hypertension, hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid retention, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, current and future medications for hepatitis C, chronic alcoholism, alcoholism, biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune cirrhosis, nonalcoholic fatty liver, steatohepatitis, cardiac cirrhosis, cirrhosis symptoms, cirrhosis causes, cirrhosis treatment, bleeding varices, liver cancer, cancer of the liver Viewer Comments & ReviewsCirrhosis of The Liver - Symptoms at Onset of DiseaseThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:The symptoms of cirrhosis of the liver can vary greatly from patient to patient. What were your symptoms at the onset of your disease? Cirrhosis of the Liver - TreatmentThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What treatment has been effective for your cirrhosis? |
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Cirrhosis represents the final common histologic pathway for a wide variety of chronic liver diseases. The term cirrhosis was first introduced by Laennec in 1826.
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