Cirrhosis

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Liver: A Primer American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Cirrhosis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008103&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Liver Biopsy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/liverbiopsy/index.htm




2.	Ultrasound: Abdomen American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-abdomen.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/

National Institutes of Health

1.	Cirrhosis of the Liver National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis/index.htm

Nutrition

1.	Diet and Your Liver American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...

Organizations

1.	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/




2.	American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/




3.	American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/




4.	National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	Cirrhosis: Many Causes American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/images/articles/1059/cirrhosis.pdf




2.	Cirrhosis of the Liver American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/clinicalRes/brochures/cirrhosis.html




3.	Cirrhosis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00373

Prevention/Screening

1.	Bilirubin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bilirubin/test.html




2.	ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alt/test.html




3.	Liver Panel American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.htm...

Related Issues

1.	About Portal Hypertension Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0252.asp?index=...




2.	Bleeding Varices Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3366.asp?index=...

Specific Conditions

1.	What Is Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...




2.	Primary Biliary Cirrhosis National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarybiliarycirrhosis/index...




3.	Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00577




4.	Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/188.xml




5.	Alcoholic Hepatitis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00200

Statistics

1.	FASTATS: Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/liverdis.htm




2.	Quick Facts: Alcohol Topics National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/databases/qf.htm

Treatment

1.	Interventional Treatments for Liver Disease Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/liverDisease.shtml