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Hepatology

Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders of the liver, gall bladder[?] and biliary ducts.

The most important diseases that hepatology studies are:

Hepatitis
- Non-viral hepatitis[?]
- Acute Viral Hepatitis[?]
  - HAV Hepatitis
  - HBV Hepatitis
  - HCV Hepatitis
  - Human Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis
  - Epstein-Barr virus Hepatitis
  - Herpes simplex virus Hepatitis
  - Yellow fever virus Hepatitis
  - Rubella virus Hepatitis
- Chronic Viral Hepatitis[?]
Tumours of the liver
- Hepatocarcinoma[?] (primary hepatic cancer)
- Hepatoblastoma[?]
- Mestatic tumour[?]
- Hepatic cysts[?]
- Cavernous haemangioma[?]
- Liver echinococcus[?]
Tumours of the biliary system
- Cholangiocarcionoma
- Gall bladder cancer

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