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Cirrhosis of the liver

Cirrhosis of the liver Definition Liver cirrhosis (from the Greek kirros - yellow-orange, lemon-yellow) is a chronic, progressive and irreversible destruction of the lobular and vascular structure of the liver parenchyma with inflammatory fibrosis, the formation of connective tissue bridges betwe...

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