http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepc_ez/ information from the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

http://www.liverfoundation.org/db-home/articles information from the American Liver Foundation

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/ information on all forms of hepatitis from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepa_ez/ information from the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

http://www.hepfi.org/ information from the Hepatitis Foundation International

http://www.hepb.org/ information from the Hepatitis B Foundation

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/ information on all forms of hepatitis from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

http://www.liverfoundation.org/db-home/articles information from the American Liver Foundation

http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/alcohol.html information from Columbia University

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000281.htm information from Medline Plus

http://hepatitis-central.com/hcv/whatis/ascites.html information from Hepatitis Central

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section4/chapter38/38e.jsp information from Merck, a pharmaceutical company

http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/007210.htm information from the University of Pennsylvania

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/hcv/liver/portal2.html information from Hepatitis Central

http://www.medhelp.org/glossary/new/gls_3430.htm a short definition from MedHelp.org

http://www.cx.unibe.ch/ikp/lab2/BC.html information published by J. Reichen M.D.

http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Budd%20Chiari%20Syndrome information from the national organization of rare disorders

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_1999_Feb_15/ai_54113329 information from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/829.html more information from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarybiliarycirrhosis/ information from the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

http://pbcers.org/ information from the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Organization

http://pbcers.org/ information from the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Organization

http://hepatitis-central.com/hcv/autoimmune/nature/variant.html information from Hepatitis Central

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarysclerosingcholangitis/index.htm information from the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

http://www.psc-support.com/ Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis support group

http://www.wilsonsdisease.org/ information from Wilson's Disease Association International

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd.section.239 article which explains the link between genes and Wilson's Disease from the National Center for Biotechnology Information

http://www.ironoverload.org/ information from the Iron Overload Disease Association

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hemochromatosis/index.htm information from the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearing House

http://liver.bsd.uchicago.edu/html/overview.html information from the University of Chicago Liver Study Unit

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/livertransplantation.html information from MedlinePlus

http://www.livercancer.com/index.html information from the Liver Cancer Network

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/cri_2_1x.asp?dt=25 information from the American Cancer Society