title: Idiopathic hepatitis and cirrhosis in dogs.
abstract: Poor understanding of the causes of primary hepatitis, especially idiopathic chronic hepatitis, results in limited options for adequate treatment and variable results. Elucidating the causes, aside from the copper-associated form of hepatitis, is of utmost importance to find etiology-based treatments for canine (chronic) hepatitis, when possible, most likely resulting in a better prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 80154, Utrecht 3508 TD, The Netherlands. r.p.favier@uu.nl
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Favier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011379:Prognosis