Liver disease facts for kids
Liver disease is any disease affecting the liver.
Types of liver disease
There are many forms of liver disease. Forms include:
- Wilsons disease, a disease that causes both neurological dysfunction and liver disease.
- Hepatitis, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, the latter two of which cause chronic liver disease including Cirrhosis.
- Primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease of unknown etiology
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
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