Prognostic impact of steatosis in the clinical course of chronic HCV infection-Results from the German Hepatitis C-Registry.

<h4>Background</h4>Liver steatosis is often observed in chronic HCV infection and associated to genotype or comorbidities. NAFLD is an important risk factor for end-stage liver disease. We aimed to analyse the course of NAFLD as a concomitant disease in a cohort of HCV patients.<h4>...

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Main Authors: Monika Rau, Peter Buggisch, Stefan Mauss, Klaus H W Boeker, Hartwig Klinker, Tobias Müller, Albrecht Stoehr, Jörn M Schattenberg, Andreas Geier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264741