 Hepatitis, Chronic
"Hepatitis, Chronic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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INFLAMMATION of the LIVER with ongoing hepatocellular injury for 6 months or more, characterized by NECROSIS of HEPATOCYTES and inflammatory cell (LEUKOCYTES) infiltration. Chronic hepatitis can be caused by viruses, medications, autoimmune diseases, and other unknown factors.
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D006521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.552.380.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Cryptogenic Chronic Hepatitis- Cryptogenic Chronic Hepatitis
- Chronic Hepatitis, Cryptogenic
- Hepatitis, Cryptogenic Chronic
- Hepatitis, Chronic, Cryptogenic
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis, Chronic" by people in Profiles.
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Wallace K, Cowie DE, Konstantinou DK, Hill SJ, Tjelle TE, Axon A, Koruth M, White SA, Carlsen H, Mann DA, Wright MC. The PXR is a drug target for chronic inflammatory liver disease. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010 May 31; 120(2-3):137-48.
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