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Can you please list the common causes of liver cirrhosis or cancer?
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Many: There are many causes of cirrhosis ranging from infection (eg viral hepatitis), to primary liver diseases (eg primary biliary cirrhosis) to genetic causes (eg hemochromatosis) to alcohol related disease. Cirrhosis is the precursor liver cancer.
Answered 3/16/2014
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