The spectrum of chronic active liver disease.
Much progress has been made in the classification of chronic hepatitis syndromes, based on correlation of specific histologic features with progressive liver destruction. Four etiologic subtypes have been defined--drug-induced, hepatitis B, non-A, non-B hepatitis, and autoimmune hepatitis. The last paradoxically is least understood etiologically and pathophysiologically but the most amenable to specific therapy.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000150:complications*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D000637:Transaminases / Q000097:blood
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D000637:Transaminases