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Clinical
features --- Patients with chronic viral hepatitis usually present
with no specific clinical symptoms, therefore, frequently overlooked in
clinical practice, and it is not unusual that diagnosis is made only after
having progressed to cirrhotic stage. In cases of acute exacerbation
(acute flare-up), there will be of symptoms like that of acute hepatitis.
Hepatomegaly is detected usually in chronic hepatitis, however, liver decreases in its size along with progression to cirrhosis. |