Diseases

Chronic Hepatitis

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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Abstract

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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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Hepatitis, Chronic
  • Cryptogenic Chronic Hepatitis
  • Hepatitis, Chronic Active
  • Hepatitis, Chronic Persistent
  • Hepatitis, Chronic, Cryptogenic
  • Chronic Active Hepatitis
  • Chronic Hepatitis, Cryptogenic
  • Chronic Persistent Hepatitides
  • Chronic Persistent Hepatitis
  • Hepatitis, Cryptogenic Chronic

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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 or unspecified; prefer specifics; chronic alcoholic hepatitis equals HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC

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History Note

98; was HEPATITIS, CHRONIC ACTIVE 1983-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Hepatitis (1966-1982)
  • Hepatitis B (1966-1982)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chronic Hepatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006521. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006521
  2. Chronic Hepatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62019625