Hepatitis

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In medicine, hepatitis is inflammation of the liver.[1]

Causes include:

* Alcoholic hepatitis
* Viral hepatitis
* Hepatitis A
* Hepatitis B virus
* Hepatitis C caused by Hepatitis C virus
* Autoimmune hepatitis
* Drug toxicity
* Other causes
* Hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease)

## Diagnosis[edit]

Patterns in liver function tests and other blood tests can help distinguish causes.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Anonymous (2025), Hepatitis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
2. ↑ Friedman LS, Gee MS, Misdraji J (2010). "Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 39-2010. A 19-year-old woman with nausea, jaundice, and pruritus.". N Engl J Med 363 (26): 2548-57. DOI:10.1056/NEJMcpc1005309. PMID 21175318. Research Blogging.