Chronic cases can lead to death from cirrhosis or scarring of the liver and liver cancer.

VOA: special.2011.05.25

Diseases like cirrhosis of the liver,cancer, heart and blood system diseases are the others.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

Inflammation and fibrosis - scarring - of the liver tissue, which affects about 10% of the UK population, can cause cirrhosis or liver failure and lead to cancer if diagnosis is delayed or if left untreated.

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However, two other pathologists later separately concluded that Mr Tomlinson - who had been pushed by a police officer - died of internal bleeding as a result of blunt force trauma, in combination with cirrhosis of the liver.

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The flamboyant Garrincha, who spent the vast majority of his career with Rio de Janeiro-based Botafogo, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1983 aged 49.

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