过去十年中,已知急性肝炎可发展为慢性肝炎,最后成为肝硬化。大规模应用肝穿剌活检能识别肝内组织学病变,可作为诊断的依据。病原学种类慢性肝炎有两个主要种类。一种和乙型肝炎病毒有关;另一种和许多免疫异常有关,称为狼疮样肝炎或自身免疫性肝炎。 In the past decade, it has been known that acute hepatitis develops into chronic hepatitis and eventually cirrhosis. Large-scale application of liver biopsy can identify intrahepatic histological lesions, can be used as a basis for diagnosis. Etiological categories There are two main types of chronic hepatitis. One is associated with hepatitis B virus; the other is associated with many immune disorders called lupus-like hepatitis or autoimmune hepatitis.