Background info, patient advocacy, liver research organisations and social media
Useful Links
If you seek more scientific background information, advice from patient organisations, or want to connect with other cirrhosis patients these links are for you! Please contact us with suggestions of further helpful links that you think should be added to the list.
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Background Information
- Article on “Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): an update”
- Article on “Acute-on-chronic liver failure vs.traditional acute decompensation of cirrhosis”
- Article on “Improving Quality of Care in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis”
- Cirrhosis article on Wikipedia
- MayoClinic article “Cirrhosis: Symptoms, causes, Diagnosis and Treatment”
- Medical video explaining cirrhosis pathology
- More information on cirrhosis
- MICROB-PREDICT “Interactive Q & A”
Liver Research Organisations
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Asociacion Espanola para el Estudio del Higado (AEEH)
- Association Française Pour l’Etude du Foie (AFEF)
- Belgian Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL)
- ClifResearch (Chronic Liver Failure Consortium)
- Dansk Selskab for Gastroenterologi & Hepatologi (DSGH)
- Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft zum Studium der Leber
- EF CLIF (European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure)
- European Association for The Study of the Liver (EASL)
- Nederlandse Vereniging voor Hepatologie (NVH), Netherlands Association for the Study of The Liver (NASL)
Patient Organisations
- BELGIUM: Vlaams Hepatitis Contactpunt (VHC)
- DENMARK: Leverforeningen
- EUROPE: European Liver Patients Association (ELPA)
- FRANCE: SOS Hépatites Fédération
- GERMANY: Deutsche Leberstiftung
- HUNGARY: Vírusos Májbetegek Országos Egyesülete
- The NETHERLANDS: Nederlandse Leverpatiënten Vereniging
- NORWAY: +proLAR (National Forbund for Folk i Lar)
- SPAIN: Associació Catalana de Malalts d’Hepatitis (ASSCAT)
- SPAIN : Federación Nacional de Enfermos y Transplantados Hepáticos (FNETH)
- UK: British Liver Trust
- UK: Liver4Life
- USA: Chronic Liver Disease Foundation
- USA: American Liver Foundation
Social Media
- MICROB-PREDICT on Twitter
- European Liver Patients Association (ELPA) on Twitter
- European Association for The Study of the Liver (EASL) on Twitter
- EASL EU Affairs on Twitter