Structured Summary
Abstract
Pathological processes of the LIVER.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Alcoholic Liver Diseases
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome
- Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
- Fatty Liver
- Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
- Hepatic Infarction
- Hepatic Insufficiency
- Hepatic Porphyrias
- Hepatic Tuberculosis
- Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease
- Hepatitis
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Hepatomegaly
- Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Liver Abscess
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Neoplasms
- Parasitic Liver Diseases
- Peliosis Hepatis
- Portal Hypertension
- Zellweger Syndrome
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Disease, Liver
- Diseases, Liver
- Liver Disease
- Liver Dysfunction
- Dysfunction, Liver
- Dysfunctions, Liver
- Liver Dysfunctions
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Aspects Covered
34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, 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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Indexing Annotation
general; prefer specifics; inflammatory disease = HEPATITIS & its specifics; specialty is HEPATOLOGY see GASTROENTEROLOGY; be careful: do not confuse "hepatic disease" with "intrahepatic disease": "intrahepatic disease" may refer to BILE DUCT DISEASES with regard to BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC, not LIVER DISEASES
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History Note
ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY was heading 1963-96
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Liver Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008107. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008107
- Liver Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_disease
- Liver Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929737