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Hepatitis B - Management
What else might it be?
- The differential diagnosis of hepatitis B includes:
- Alcoholic liver disease.
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Autoimmune hepatitis.
- Metabolic and genetic disorders (such as Wilson's disease, hereditary haemochromatosis, alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency).
- Drug-induced liver disease.
- Granulomatous disorders.
- Hepatitis caused by other viruses (such as hepatitis A, C, and D).
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