Liver disease is a condition that affects the health and function of the liver. The liver is a hard-working organ that helps digest foods and process nutrients, filters and removes waste from the body ...

Cholestatic liver diseases and autoimmune hepatitis represent complex, immune‐mediated conditions that culminate in progressive hepatic injury. Disorders such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, ...

Blood tests can help with the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis. These include tests for increased liver enzymes or antibody levels. However, other tests are necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

A person with liver disease symptoms should talk with a doctor to determine the best treatment. Early treatment can often stop or slow the progression of liver disease and improve a person’s quality ...

For patients with chronic viral hepatitis, clinicians instinctively rely on liver enzyme measurements to estimate disease activity and assess need for liver biopsy or antiviral treatment. Although ...

Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, ...

– Oral and Five Poster Presentations Highlight Important Progress in Hepatitis Delta and Hepatitis B Clinical Programs, and Deliver Key Insights on the Burden of Disease Among Patient Segments in ...

The US CDC has stopped universally recommending hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns, advising mothers who test negative ...