This category contains information for patients, their families and caregivers, about the largest organ in the human body: the liver.
Information includes what the liver does, how to keep it healthy, common and uncommon diseases and disorders, tests and procedures, and transplant. Also found in this category and its subcategories are support groups, research articles, and liver organizations and foundations.
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- Alagille Syndrome
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Ascites
- Auto-Immune Hepatitis
- Biliary Atresia
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Hepatitis
- Liver Failure
- Portal Hypertension
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
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- Cholestasis Section of the Merck Manual describes this condition, associated with liver disease, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Merck Manual: Liver and Gallbladder Disorders Includes discussions of various specific conditions and information on symptoms and clinical manifestations of early and advanced liver disease.
- Liver Explains the anatomy of this organ, physiology, diseases, transplantation, and offers internal links.
- Dr. Wu's Liver Diseases Information on hepatic diseases with a focus on viral hepatitis. Includes web sites for medical students, and information and review articles on hepatology.
- 50 Ways to Love Your Liver Humorous list of tips for maintaining a healthy liver, told from the liver's point of view.
- NHS Choices: Liver Transplant Provides information on this operation to replace a diseased liver with a healthy organ from a donor who has died. Includes information on preparation, how the transplant is performed and the donation process.
- NHS Choices: Jaundice Provides information on this condition caused by the build up of bilirubin in the blood. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.