Open AccessMorphometric analysis of hepatic steatosis in chronic hepatitis C infection
Author(s) -
Alia Zubair,
Shahid Jamal,
Azhar Mubarik
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.45047
Subject(s) - steatosis , medicine , histopathology , pathology , fibrosis , fatty liver , liver biopsy , h&e stain , biopsy , gastroenterology , staining , disease
To quantitatively assess steatosis by a morphometric method and to study its relationship with other histological features of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). This was a comparative descriptive study. The study was carried out in the Department of Histopathology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from March 2006 to March 2007.