Liver Disease: Liver Diseases

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The liver, the largest organ in the body, is essential in keeping the body functioning properly. It removes or neutralizes poisons from the blood, produces immune agents to control infection, and removes germs and bacteria from the blood. It makes proteins that regulate blood clotting and produces bile to help absorb fats and fat-soluble vitamins. You cannot live without a functioning liver.

In cirrhosis of the liver, scar tissue replaces normal, healthy tissue, blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should. Cirrhosis is the twelfth leading cause of death by disease, killing about 26,000 people each year. Also, the cost of cirrhosis in terms of human suffering, hospital costs, and lost productivity is high.

Diseases of the Liver

This resource is an alphabetical list of liver diseases and conditions with hypertext links to files at this site, or to other sites, that provide relevant information. It also has a links to:

Programs in Liver Diseases at Columbia-Presbyterian
Current Papers in Liver Disease
Books on Liver Disease
Other Liver-related Internet Resources

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Diseases of the Liver is edited and produced by:

Howard J. Worman, M. D.

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
Departments of Medicine and of Anatomy and Cell Biology
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY 10032
Email: hjw14@columbia.edu

Last updated on January 8, 2003.

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Diseases of the Liver

Alagille Syndrome
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Alcoholic Liver Disease
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency
Information from several sources.
Autoimmune Hepatitis
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Biliary Atresia From the Children's Liver Association for Support Services.
Byler Disease
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Cancer of the Liver
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Caroli Disease
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Cirrhosis
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Fatty Liver
From Howard J. Worman,M. D.
Galactosemia
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Gilbert Syndrome
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Glycogen Storage Disease I
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Hemangioma
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Hemochromatosis
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Hepatitis A
Information from several sources.
Hepatitis B
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Hepatitis C
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.

Hepatitis D
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Hepatitis E
From the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the Food and Drug Administration.
Hepatitis G
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Itching in Liver Disease
From Nora V. Bergasa, M. D.
Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Liver Transplantation
From Dianne LaPointe Rudow, R. N., N. P. and Robert S. Brown, Jr., M. D., M. P. H.
Porphyria Cutanea Tardahttp:
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Protoporphyria, Erythrohepatic
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Rotor Syndrome
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.
Sclerosing Cholangitis From Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Wilson Disease
From Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man.