Liver disease in women. Alcohol, autoimmunity, and gallstones.
Some liver diseases, such as autoimmune liver disease, affect women far more often than men. Others, such as alcohol-related disease, progress more rapidly in women than in men. An increased index of suspicion will lead to improved diagnosis and earlier treatment of women with liver disease.
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D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States