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Causes
- Most common causes in the US:
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Viral Hepatitis (Hepatitis B and C)
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- These causes account for approximately 80% of the patients on the liver transplant waitlist between 2003-2014
- Second longest organ waitlist in the United States (second to kidney transplantation)
Additional Causes
- Infection
- Autoimmune
- Hemochromatosis
- Medications