A potentially fatal disorder in which healthy liver cells become supplanted with scar tissue is ______.
A) alcoholic hepatitis
B) cirrhosis of the liver
C) Korsakoff's syndrome
D) Wernicke's syndrome

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Cirrhosis of the liver is a potentially fatal disorder in which healthy liver cells become supplanted with scar tissue. Alcoholic hepatitis is another liver disease caused by excessive alcohol consumption, but it is not necessarily fatal and does not always lead to cirrhosis. Korsakoff's syndrome and Wernicke's syndrome are both neurological disorders caused by thiamine deficiency, not liver disease.

A Potentially Fatal Disorder in Which Healthy Liver Cells Become