- The
liver is a
major metabolic organ exclusively found in
vertebrate animals,
which performs many
essential biological functions such as detoxification...
- Cirrhosis, also
known as
liver cirrhosis or
hepatic cirrhosis,
chronic liver failure or
chronic hepatic failure and end-stage
liver disease, is a chronic...
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Liver cancer, also
known as
hepatic cancer,
primary hepatic cancer, or
primary hepatic malignancy, is
cancer that
starts in the
liver.
Liver cancer can...
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Liver disease, or
hepatic disease, is any of many
diseases of the
liver. If long-lasting it is
termed chronic liver disease.
Although the
diseases differ...
- dysfunction–****ociated
steatotic liver disease (MASLD),
previously known as non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a type of
chronic liver disease. This condition...
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Liver failure is the
inability of the
liver to
perform its
normal synthetic and
metabolic functions as part of
normal physiology. Two
forms are recognised...
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Liver transplantation or
hepatic transplantation is the
replacement of a
diseased liver with the
healthy liver from
another person (allograft).
Liver...
- The
liver of mammals, fowl, and fish is
commonly eaten as food by
humans (see offal). Pork, lamb, veal, beef, chicken, goose, and cod
livers are widely...
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indicator of
liver dysfunction.
Other terms include transaminasemia, and
elevated liver enzymes (though they are not the only
enzymes in the
liver). Normal...
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Fatty liver disease (FLD), also
known as
hepatic steatosis and
steatotic liver disease (SLD), is a
condition where excess fat
builds up in the
liver. Often...
