The liver: Function and its diseases

The liver and liver diseases
Prof. Dr. med. J. Reichen
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Without the liver there is no life! Therefore: love your liver and treat it well. The liver has many functions which are described on a separate page. However, the liver function has best been described by Pablo Neruda (1904-1973, Nobel prize for literature 1971) in his ode to the liver:

Ode to the liver

There, inside, you filter and apportion

you separate and divide,

you multiply and lubricate

you raise and gather

the threads and the grams of life...

from you I hope for justice:
I love life: Do not betray me! Work on!
Do not arrest my song.

At the time being, there is information on the following topics:

Liver function
Liver tests
Liver diseases
Hepatitis C
Liver cirrhosis
Hemochromatosis
Controlled trials of novel forms of treatment
Hepatocellular cancer
Vaccination against hepatitis B
Research in my laboratories

February 1^st 1998
Last revision September 23^rd 2008