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Common Reasons Why People Need a Liver Transplant

Acute and chronic viral hepatitis
All forms of cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Alcoholic cirrhosis
Autoimmune hepatitis
Liver tumors (cancerous and benign)
Metabolic conditions (for example, Wilson’s disease)
Poisoning or damage caused by long-term substance abuse
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