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  1. Liver problems - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Liver disease can be passed through families, called inherited. Anything that damages the liver also can cause liver problems, including viruses, alcohol use ...

  2. Liver cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Learn how doctors use surgery, liver transplant, radiation, chemotherapy and other methods to treat hepatocellular carcinoma and other types of liver ...

  3. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This liver condition is becoming more common in the Western world. Find out how to treat and prevent this potentially dangerous liver disease.

  4. Acute liver failure - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Acute liver failure can develop quickly in an otherwise healthy person, and it is life-threatening. If you or someone you know suddenly develops a yellowing of ...

  5. Liver problems - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Blood tests. A group of blood tests called liver function tests can diagnose liver disease. · Imaging tests. An ultrasound, CT scan and MRI can show liver damage ...

  6. Liver function tests - Mayo Clinic

    Liver function tests can be used to: Screen for liver infections, such as hepatitis. Monitor a disease, such as viral or alcoholic hepatitis, and determine how ...

  7. Enlarged liver - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Having a larger than normal liver is a sign of a serious problem, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure or cancer.

  8. Liver Regeneration - Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics - Mayo Clinic Research

    Living-donor transplants. Liver cancer and advanced cases of cirrhotic liver disease may require liver transplants. Given the shortage of whole livers for ...

  9. Liver hemangioma - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    A liver hemangioma (he-man-jee-O-muh) is a noncancerous (benign) mass in the liver made up of a tangle of blood vessels. Also known as hepatic hemangiomas ...

  10. Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic scientists identify a new way the liver cells break down fat

    Metabolic-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a group of diseases that can lead to severe inflammation and damage of the liver if unchecked over years. Discovery ...