Figure 1 The liver from a patient suffering from cirrhosis. Cirrhosis of the liver, commonly caused by alcoholism and hepatitis C, is a chronic disease of the liver in which liver tissue is replaced with connective tissue, resulting in loss of liver function
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Liver disease
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