Liver Diseases

• Latest News
• Incidence of Steatosis in Hepatitis Patients Traced to Race (01/07/2007, HealthDay)
• Diabetes Drug Helps Prevent Fatty Liver Complications (11/29/2006, HealthDay)

• Overviews
• Liver: A Primer (American Liver Foundation)
• What Are the Diseases That Affect the Liver? (American Liver Foundation)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Clinical Manifestations of Liver Disease (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Liver Biopsy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Liver Panel (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Ultrasound - Abdomen (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
  Also available in Spanish

• Treatment
• Interventional Treatments for Liver Disease (Society of Interventional Radiology)
• Shunt Surgical Procedures (American Liver Foundation)
• What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Prevention/Screening
• 50 Ways to Love Your Liver (American Liver Foundation)

• Nutrition
• Diet and Your Liver (American Liver Foundation)

• Specific Conditions
• Acetaminophen Use and Liver Injury (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)
• Alcohol Alert: Alcoholic Liver Disease (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• Budd-Chiari Syndrome (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury (American Liver Foundation)
• Cystic Disease of the Liver (American Liver Foundation)
• Jaundice (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Liver Failure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
  Also available in Spanish
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• What Is NAFLD/NASH? (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) (American Liver Foundation)
• Zellweger Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary

• Related Issues
• High-Protein Diets: Safe for People with Kidney and Liver Disease? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• How Can You Love Me If You Don't Know Me (Your Liver)? (American Liver Foundation)
  Also available in Spanish
• What Are the Myths Vs. Facts about Alcohol and the Liver? (American Liver Foundation)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Alagille syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Tyrosinemia (National Library of Medicine)

• Research
• Telithromycin: A Possible Cause of Severe Liver Damage? (03/21/2006, American College of Physicians)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Liver: Anatomy and Functions (University of Utah, Health Sciences Center)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Digestive Diseases Dictionary (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• Directories
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: Physician Referral Service (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)

• Organizations
• American Liver Foundation
• National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Hepatitis and Liver Disease in the United States (American Liver Foundation)
• Liver Facts (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)

• Children
• Biliary Atresia (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Choledochal Cysts (Children's Hospital Boston)
• Common Characteristics of Liver Disease (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
• Galactosemia (American Liver Foundation)
• MedlinePlus: Jaundice (National Library of Medicine)
• Type I Glycogen Storage Disease (American Liver Foundation)
• Tyrosinemia (TYR) - Type I, II & III (Save Babies Through Screening Foundation)
• What Is Alagille Syndrome? (American Liver Foundation)

• Women
• Pregnancy and Liver Function (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)