title: The morphology of cirrhosis: definition, nomenclature, and classification.
abstract: This article provides guidelines on the definition, nomenclature, and classification of cirrhosis, hepatic fibrosis, and chronic hepatitis. Cirrhosis is considered according to its etiology and morphological characteristics, these being complementary rather than alternative.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic