Table 1.
Causes of liver fibrosis leading to cirrhosis
|
Etiological factor
|
Diseases causing liver fibrosis
|
| Viral infections | Chronic hepatitis B |
| Chronic hepatitis D | |
| Chronic hepatitis C | |
| Chronic hepatitis E | |
| Autoimmune | Autoimmune hepatitis |
| Primary biliary cirrhosis | |
| Primary sclerosing cholangitis | |
| Autoimmune cholangitis | |
| Metabolic | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| Hemochromatosis | |
| Wilson's disease | |
| a1-antitrypsin deficiency | |
| Toxic | Alcoholic liver disease |
| Drugs, industrial toxins |