Etiological changes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma-complicated liver cirrhosis in Japan: Updated nationwide survey from 2018 to 2021.
Hirayuki EnomotoNorio AkutaHayato HikitaGoki SudaJun InoueNobuharu TamakiKiyoaki ItoTakemi AkahaneTomokazu KawaokaAkihiro MorishitaEiichi OgawaRyosuke TateishiHitoshi YoshijiPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2024)
The major causes of LC in Japan are suggested to have been shifting from viral hepatitis to nonviral chronic liver diseases.