Table 1 Causes of chronic liver disease

Alcohol excess

Viral hepatitis (B and C)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Autoimmune mediated

• Autoimmune hepatitis

• Primary biliary cholangitis

• Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Genetic causes

• Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency

• Genetic haemochromatosis

• Wilson’s disease

Vascular aetiology

• Budd-Chiari syndrome