- The
liver, an
organ only
found in vertebrates,
detoxifies various metabolites,
synthesizes proteins, and
produces biochemicals necessary for digestion...
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Liver disease (also
called hepatic disease) is a type of
damage to or
disease of the
liver.
There are more than a
hundred different kinds of
liver disease...
- in
which the
liver does not
function properly due to long-term damage. This
damage is
characterized by the
replacement of
normal liver tissue by scar...
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Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), also
referred to as a
hepatic panel, are
groups of
blood tests that
provide information about the
state of a patient's...
- The
liver of mammals, fowl, and fish is
commonly eaten as food by humans.
Domestic pig, ox, lamb, calf, chicken, goose, and cod
livers are
widely available...
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Fatty liver disease (FLD), also
known as
hepatic steatosis, is a
condition where excess fat
builds up in the
liver.
There are two types: non-alcoholic...
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Liver transplantation or
hepatic transplantation is the
replacement of a
diseased liver with the
healthy liver from
another person (allograft).
Liver...
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Liver regeneration is the
process by
which the
liver is able to
replace lost
liver tissue from
growth from the
remaining tissue. The
liver is the only...
- The
liver bird /ˈlaɪvərbɜːrd/ is the
symbol of the
English city of Liverpool. It is
normally represented as a cormorant, and
appears as such on the city's...
- from
elsewhere to the
liver,
known as
liver metastasis, is more
common than that
which starts in the
liver.
Symptoms of
liver cancer may
include a lump...