Liver diseases

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MSH: Pathological processes of the LIVER.,CSP: impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning of the liver.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It is also one of the most important. The liver has many jobs, including changing food into energy and cleaning alcohol and poisons from the blood. Your liver also makes bile, a yellowish-green liquid that helps with digestion. </p><p>There are many kinds of liver diseases. Viruses cause some of them, like <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatitisa.html'>hepatitis A</a>, <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatitisb.html'>hepatitis B</a> and <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatitisc.html'>hepatitis C</a>. Others can be the result of drugs, poisons or drinking too much alcohol. If the liver forms scar tissue because of an illness, it's called <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/cirrhosis.html'>cirrhosis</a>. <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/jaundice.html'>Jaundice</a

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