Steatosis, a frequent histological finding in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), has been suggested to influence liver fibrosis progression. The aim of the present study was to evaluate in patients with CHC and paired liver biopsies the relationship between the evolution of steatosis and that of fibrosis between the two biopsies.
Department of Virology (EA 3489), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Université Paris-XII, Créteil, France. laurent.castera@chu-bordeaux.fr