Liver Diseases
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Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It is also one of the most important. The liver has many jobs, including changing food into energy and cleaning alcohol and poisons from the blood. Your liver also makes bile, a yellowish-green liquid that helps with digestion.
There are many kinds of liver diseases. Viruses cause some of them, like hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Others can be the result of drugs, poisons or drinking too much alcohol. If the liver forms scar tissue because of an illness, it's called cirrhosis. Jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, can be one sign of liver disease.
Like other parts of your body, cancer can affect the liver. You could also inherit a liver disease such as hemochromatosis.
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Liver disease in pregnancy : The Lancet
thelancet.com — “Liver disease in pregnancy. By - Deepak Joshi MRCP, Andra James MD, Alberto Quaglia FRCPath, Rachel H Westbrook MRCP, Dr Michael A Heneghan MD” View full resource at thelancet.com
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Liver Disease - Tom Heston
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Fatty Liver Disease and Kids
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Liver disease and stroke - Saga
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Liver Diseases on #MDlinx
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Diabetes and Chronic Liver Disease: Etiology and Pitfalls in Monitoring: Clinical Diabetes http://bit.ly/d6raZB #GI
Alcohol and Liver Disease
rush.edu — “Information about a study examining the bacteria in the gut and its impact on liver disease.” View full resource at rush.edu
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Gastroenterology Article | Liver Disease
mdlinx.com — “Platelet count for predicting fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Platelet count for predicting fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Journal of Gastroenterology http://bit.ly/p0Z7PU #GI
Signs and Symptoms of Liver Disease
disabled-world.com — “Any form of liver disease will be time-consuming life-altering and often will be very costly in receiving medical assistance” View full resource at disabled-world.com
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Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
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Liver Diseases on #MDlinx
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Gastroenterology Article | Liver Diseases
mdlinx.com — “Hepatitis B, C and Delta virus infections in Albanian patients with chronic liver disease: evaluation of possible changes during the last 10 years” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Gastroenterology Article | Liver Diseases
mdlinx.com — “Autologous CD34+ and CD133+ stem cells transplantation in patients with end stage liver disease” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Alcoholic Liver Disease Is More Aggressive Than Other Chronic Liver Diseases
medicalnewstoday.com — “Many diagnostic and treatment options have been developed for chronic liver disease during the last 40 years, yet their influence on survival remain unclear. A new study of the prognosis for patie” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Environmental Toxins & Liver Disease: A Link?
webmd.com — “Low-level exposures to environmental toxins may explain partially the increasing problem of liver disease in U.S. adults, according to a Kentucky researcher.” View full resource at webmd.com
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