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== Differential Diagnosis ==
== Differential Diagnosis ==
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| '''Differential Diagnosis''' || '''Useful Findings'''
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| '''Alcoholic cirrhosis''' || '''History EtOH, AST/ALT > 2'''
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| '''Chronic Hepatits C Virus (HCV)''' || '''HCV AB'''
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| '''Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)''' || '''Elevated alk phos, AMA+'''
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| '''Primary sclerosing cholangitis''' || '''History inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ANA or ASMA or P-ANCA+'''
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| '''Autoimmune hepatitis''' || '''Hypergammaglobulinemia, ANA/ASMA +'''
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| '''Chronic Hepatitis B Virus''' || '''HBsAg+, HBeAg may be +'''
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| '''Hemochromatosis''' || '''Family history+, Fe/TIBC and ferritin elevated'''
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| '''Wilson’s disease''' || '''Family history+, young age, low ceruloplasmin'''
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| '''Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency''' || '''Family history+, young age, low serum AAT'''
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==References==
==References==

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