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Chronic liver diseases (CLDs) are a diversified group of primary hepatic pathophysiological injury caused by various infectious,genetic and metabolic,hepatotoxic,autoimmune,and other underlying etiologies.If diagnosis and treatment are delayed,most CLDs could progress to cirrhosis that can be further associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Significant medical advances have been made in diagnosing and treating CLDs.We are very pleased to present this special issue of Frontiers of Medicine that covers some important topics in clinical hepatology.