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cirrhosis  

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  • Cirrhosis is a clinical entity characterized by a spectrum of diffused hepatic pathologic features that underpin a number of characteristic clinical signs and symptoms. It represents an irreversible state of chronic liver failure resulting from a wide variety of chronic liver diseases. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Cirrhosis]

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