Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Cirrhosis Health information topics about Cirrhosis: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Liver: A Primer American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Cirrhosis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008103&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Liver Biopsy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/liverbiopsy/index.htm 2. Ultrasound: Abdomen American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-abdomen.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/ National Institutes of Health 1. Cirrhosis of the Liver National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/cirrhosis/index.htm Nutrition 1. Diet and Your Liver American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def... Organizations 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 2. American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/ 3. American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/ 4. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Cirrhosis: Many Causes American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/images/articles/1059/cirrhosis.pdf 2. Cirrhosis of the Liver American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/clinicalRes/brochures/cirrhosis.html 3. Cirrhosis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00373 Prevention/Screening 1. Bilirubin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bilirubin/test.html 2. ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alt/test.html 3. Liver Panel American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.htm... Related Issues 1. About Portal Hypertension Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0252.asp?index=... 2. Bleeding Varices Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3366.asp?index=... Specific Conditions 1. What Is Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def... 2. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarybiliarycirrhosis/index... 3. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00577 4. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/188.xml 5. Alcoholic Hepatitis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00200 Statistics 1. FASTATS: Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/liverdis.htm 2. Quick Facts: Alcohol Topics National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/databases/qf.htm Treatment 1. Interventional Treatments for Liver Disease Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/liverDisease.shtml   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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