liver cirrhosis
chronic disease of the liver, characterized by fibrosis
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Summary
liver cirrhosis is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,453 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: liver disease[3], cirrosis[4]
- Commons category: Cirrhosis[5]
- Afflicts: Homo sapiens[6]
- Has cause: alcoholism[7], hepatitis[8], Indian childhood cirrhosis[9], autoimmune hepatitis[10], primary sclerosing cholangitis[11], hereditary haemochromatosis[12], Wilson disease[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cirrhosis[14]
- Medical examination: liver biopsy[15], blood test[16], medical ultrasonography[17], computed tomography[18]
- Possible treatment: liver transplantation[19]
- Anatomical location: liver[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22]
- Has effect: liver cancer[23], liver failure[24]
- ICD-9-CM: 571.5[25]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2951[26]
- Health specialty: gastroenterology[27], hepatology[28]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: bumetanide[29], furosemide[30], ethacrynic acid[31], torasemide[32], ethacrynate sodium[33], rifaximin[34], ledipasvir/sofosbuvir[35], obeticholic acid[36], sofosbuvir[37], peginterferon alfa-2b[38], boceprevir[39], tolvaptan[40], daclatasvir[41], ribavirin[42]
- Genetic association: TSBP1[43], BTNL2[44]
Why It Matters
liver cirrhosis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]