aetiology

Last reviewed 01/2018

The causes of chronic active hepatitis include:

  • autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

  • viral:
    • hepatitis B
    • hepatitis B with delta infection
    • hepatitis C

  • drug induced

  • metabolic:
    • Wilson's disease
    • haemochromatosis
    • alcohol

  • alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Related pages:

autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

hepatitis B virus hepatitis

hepatitis D virus hepatitis

hepatitis C virus hepatitis

drug-induced chronic active hepatitis

alcoholic hepatitis

Wilson's disease

hereditary haemochromatosis (HH)

alpha -1 - antitrypsin deficiency