Chronic liver disease is a liver disease of slow process and persisting over a long period of time, resulting in a progressive destruction of the liver.

It includes amongst others:

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Alcoholic liver disease
• Chronic hepatitis C
• Chronic hepatitis B
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Liver failure
• Portal hypertension
• Hemochromatosis
• Wilson's disease
• Gaucher disease
• Liver cancer
• Hepatoma
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Sarcoidosis
• Zellweger syndrome