Cirrhosis of the liver

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• In cirrhosis the functional liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue.
• Alcohol is the most common cause of liver cirrhosis, but other aetiologies should be excluded.
• A patient with liver cirrhosis may be asymptomatic for a long period and the symptoms are often related to hepatic failure.
• Proneness to developing an alcoholic liver disease is individual and not predictable.

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