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. 2016 Dec;33(4):253–258. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1592331

Table 5. Conditions that may require liver biopsy for diagnosis, staging, or prognosis31 .

Abnormal liver tests of unknown etiology
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hemochromatosis
Wilson disease
Alpha-1-antitrypsin
Autoimmune hepatitis
Alcoholic liver disease
NAFLD/NASH
Infiltrative liver disease
Drug-induced liver disease
Acute liver failure
Post–liver transplantation
Primary biliary cirrhosis

Abbreviations: NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.