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Liver Disease

Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons.

There are many kinds of liver diseases:

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  1. Liver Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. There are many kinds of liver diseases: Diseases caused by viruses, such as hepatitis ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/liverdiseases.html - Health Topics
  2. Fatty Liver Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is fatty liver disease? Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. Fatty liver disease is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/fattyliverdisease.html - Health Topics
  3. Liver Transplantation (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. You cannot live without a liver that works. If your liver fails, your doctor ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/livertransplantation.html - Health Topics
  4. Liver Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. Primary liver cancer starts in the liver. Metastatic liver cancer ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/livercancer.html - Health Topics
  5. Liver Function Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    Liver Function Tests What are liver function tests? Liver function tests (also called a liver panel) use a sample of your blood to measure several substances made ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/liver-function-tests - Medical Tests
  6. Liver metastases 
    Liver metastases refer to cancer that has spread to the liver from somewhere else in the body. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000277.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 
    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a buildup of excessive fat in the liver that can lead to liver damage resembling the damage caused by alcohol ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease - Genetics
  8. Liver transplant 
    Liver transplant is surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver. ... The donated liver may be from: A donor who has recently died and has not had liver injury. This type of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003006.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Cirrhosis 
    Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver and poor liver function. It is the last stage of chronic liver disease. ... is most often the end result of chronic liver damage caused by long-term (chronic) liver disease. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000255.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Bleeding esophageal varices 
    ... the esophagus in people with cirrhosis of the liver. These veins may rupture and bleed. ... Scarring ( cirrhosis ) of the liver is the most common cause of esophageal varices. This scarring cuts down on blood flowing through the liver. As a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000268.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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