Diseases

Liver Cirrhosis

Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.

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Abstract

Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Cirrhosis, Liver
  • Hepatic Cirrhosis
  • Cirrhosis, Hepatic
  • Fibrosis, Liver
  • Liver Fibrosis

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

LIVER CIRRHOSIS, POSTNECROTIC was heading 1963-77

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NLM Classification

WI 725

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Liver Cirrhosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008103. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008103
  2. Liver Cirrhosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrhosis
  3. Liver Cirrhosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147778