"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis, Chronic" by people in Profiles.
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Editorial: concurrent fatty liver and chronic viral hepatitis: a dual calamity leading to increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma? Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022 02; 55(4):479-480.
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Risk of colorectal cancer in chronic liver diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Jul; 86(1):93-104.e5.
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APRI: an easy and validated predictor of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul; 40(6):535-42.
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Lamivudine-stavudine-induced liver failure in hepatitis B cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 1997 Sep; 92(9):1563-4.
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Clinical and histologic predictors of response to interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infection. Dig Dis Sci. 1994 Dec; 39(12):2660-4.
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Lymphadenopathy in chronic active hepatitis: CT observations. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1988 Jul; 151(1):75-8.
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Delta virus infection in Jerusalem. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1987; 234:469.
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Delta virus infection and severe hepatitis. An epidemic in the Yucpa Indians of Venezuela. Ann Intern Med. 1984 Mar; 100(3):339-44.