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

BackgroundLiver 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.MethodsThe German Hepatitis C-Registry is a national multicenter real-world cohort

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