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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

'''Chronic hepatitis''' is an inflammatory-necrotising disease of at least 6 months duration.  It is characterised by hepatocellular [[Adaptive Immunity to Viruses|apoptosis]] or [[Necrosis - Pathology|necrosis]], a variable mononuclear or mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate, [[Liver Regeneration|regeneration]] and [[Liver Fibrosis|fibrosis]] (1).  It predominantly consists of lymphocytic-plasmacytic inflammatory infiltration, and the disease process typically involves a slowly progressive inflammation which leads to fibrosis and posibly cirrhosis.

'''Chronic hepatitis''' is an inflammatory-necrotising disease of at least 6 months duration.  It is characterised by hepatocellular [[Adaptive Immunity to Viruses|apoptosis]] or [[Necrosis - Pathology|necrosis]], a variable mononuclear or mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate, [[Liver Regeneration|regeneration]] and [[Liver Fibrosis|fibrosis]] (1).  It predominantly consists of lymphocytic-plasmacytic inflammatory infiltration, and the disease process typically involves a slowly progressive inflammation which leads to fibrosis and possibly cirrhosis.

==Signalment==

==Signalment==

==Prognosis==

==Prognosis==

Response to treatment is variable.  Poor prognosis for dogs with [[Liver Fibrosis|fibrosis]] and [[Cirrhosis |cirrhosis]].

Response to treatment is variable.  Dogs with [[Liver Fibrosis|fibrosis]] and [[Cirrhosis |cirrhosis]] carry a poorer prognosis.

 

|Vetstream = [https://www.vetstream.com/felis/Content/Disease/dis01088.asp Liver: chronic disease in feline]<br>[https://www.vetstream.com/canis/Content/Disease/dis01089.asp Chronic heptatitis in canines]

 

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Liver_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]]

[[Category:Liver_-_Inflammatory_Pathology]]