Topic: liver cirrhosis

Liver cirrhosis (LC) is a widespread process defined by fibrosis and the transformation of normal liver architecture into structurally aberrant nodules surrounded by annular fibrosis. It is the final stage of many kinds of chronic hepatitis of various etiologies. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may develop more quickly as a result of liver cell loss and portal hypertension caused by this long-term, progressive clinical disease. Alcohol, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (...