 Hepatitis, Chronic
"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.
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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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 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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Heffelfinger JD, Patel P, Brooks JT, Calvet H, Daley CL, Dean HD, Edlin BR, Gensheimer KF, Jereb J, Kent CK, Lennox JL, Louie JK, Lynfield R, Peters PJ, Pinckney L, Spradling P, Voetsch AC, Fiore A. Pandemic influenza: implications for programs controlling for HIV infection, tuberculosis, and chronic viral hepatitis. Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct; 99 Suppl 2:S333-9.
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Narkewicz MR, Smith D, Silverman A, Vierling J, Sokol RJ. Clearance of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in young children after alpha interferon treatment. J Pediatr. 1995 Nov; 127(5):815-8.
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Tilg H, Vogel W, Dinarello CA. Interferon-alpha induces circulating tumor necrosis factor receptor p55 in humans. Blood. 1995 Jan 15; 85(2):433-5.
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Sherman KE, Narkewicz M, Pinto PC. Cyclosporine in the management of corticosteroid-resistant type I autoimmune chronic active hepatitis. J Hepatol. 1994 Dec; 21(6):1040-7.
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Krowka MJ, Cortese DA. Pulmonary aspects of chronic liver disease and liver transplantation. Mayo Clin Proc. 1985 Jun; 60(6):407-18.
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