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Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatitis > Hepatitis, Chronic
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Chronic Disease > Hepatitis, Chronic

Preferred term

Hepatitis, Chronic  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

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Entry terms

  • Chronic Hepatitis

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; chronic alcoholic hepatitis equals HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the LIVER with ongoing hepatocellular injury for 6 months or more, characterized by NECROSIS of HEPATOCYTES and inflammatory cell (LEUKOCYTES) infiltration. Chronic hepatitis can be caused by viruses, medications, autoimmune diseases, and other unknown factors.

History note

  • 98; was HEPATITIS, CHRONIC ACTIVE 1983-97

In other languages

  • krooninen maksatulehdus

    Finnish

  • hepatitis chronica
  • hepatitis chronica non specificata
  • krooninen hepatiitti
  • määrittämätön pitkäaikainen maksatulehdus
  • pitkäaikainen maksatulehdus
  • Hepatit, kronisk

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006521

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