The function of the liver is to keep the human body in physiological equilibrium. This equilibrium is regulated by several metabolic pathways such as the production of plasma proteins and detoxification. Inflammation of the liver is known as hepatitis and as entity it has been recognized since the days of Hippocrates. The most important etiology of hepatitis is viral infection of the liver.

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Dutch Prevention Fund, J. Lindeman, Rotterdam Liver Foundation, Schering Plough Benelux, S.A. Innogenetics N.V.
S.W. Schalm (Solko)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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