慢性肝炎广义上是指各种病因引起的以肝脏持续性或进行性的肝细胞坏死和炎症为特征的肝脏疾病;其中以肝炎病毒引起的为最多见。近年慢性肝炎甚受临床重视,不仅因为若干临床试验证明激素可防止其进展为肝硬化和因肝衰竭而死亡,而且因为慢性肝炎中有不少为完全良性型,激素治疗毫无益处。合理的治疗取决于对慢性肝炎的正 Chronic hepatitis in a broad sense refers to a variety of causes caused by liver persistent or progressive liver cell necrosis and inflammation characterized by liver disease; of which caused by hepatitis virus is the most common. In recent years, the clinical focus of chronic hepatitis has gained much attention not only because several clinical trials have shown that hormones can prevent their progression to cirrhosis and death from liver failure, and because there are many chronic hepatitis patients that are completely benign, hormone therapy is of no benefit. Reasonable treatment depends on the positive for chronic hepatitis