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 |