Hepatitis
For patient information click here.
|
Hepatitis Main Page |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2], Usama Talib, BSc, MD [3]
Overview
Classification
Hepatitis may be classified based on etiology in to two major category.
- Infectious causes
- Non-infectious causes
Infectious Causes
Infectious hepatitis classified according to viral agent in to 7 major category.
| Viral Hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hepatitis A | Hepatitis B | Hepatitis C | Hepatitis D | Hepatitis E | Hepatitis F | Hepatitis G | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • EBV hepatitis • CMV hepatitis • HSV hepatitis • Coxsackie B virus hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Infectious Hepatitis
| Non-infectious Hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcoholic hepatitis | Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) | a-1 antitrypsin defieciency | Autoimmune hepatitis | Obstructive hepatitis | Drug related hepatitis | Toxin related hepatitis | Ischemic hepatitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| •Gall stone •Tumor | •Isoniazid •NSAIDs •Beta-lactam antibiotics •Sulfa-containing drugs •HAART | Chemicals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||