(from the article `hepatitis`) Most cases of chronic hepatitis are caused by the hepatitis viruses B, C, and D, but other factors such as alcoholism, reaction to certain ... Chronic hepatitis is the result of unresolved acute injury and is associated with ongoing liver damage. The course of the disease is usually slow but ... [2 rela...
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<pathology> This is a form of continuing liver inflammation that results in liver cell death. Causes include viral infection (hepatitis D, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), autoimmune disease, drug ingestion or metabolic causes. Chronic active hepatitis will lead to hepatic failure and death in a small percentage of these patients. ... (27 Sep 1997)...
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a type seen as a sequel to hepatitis B or certain other types of hepatitis, in congenital or acquired hypogammaglobulinemia, or after administration of certain drugs. It is characterized by infiltration of portal areas by plasma cells and macrophages, necrosis from destruction of liver cells, and fibrosis. The course varies fro...
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a condition in which HCV or HBV continues to replicate and infect new cells after six months.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. hepatitis with chronic portal inflammation that extends into the parenchyma, with piecemeal necrosis and fibrosis that usually progresses to a coarsely nodular postnecrotic cirrhosis. Synonyms: juvenile cirrhosis, posthepatitic cirrhosis, subacute hepatitis
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