Relationship of steatosis grade and zonal location to histological features of steatohepatitis in adult patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

N Chalasani, L Wilson, DE Kleiner, OW Cummings… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The relationship between severity and zonal location of steatosis and
the presence of steatohepatitis and various histological features that define NASH has not
been formally studied. METHODS: We conducted a study to examine the relationship of
severity and zonal location of steatosis to the presence of NASH and to other histological
features that define NASH in adult patients with NAFLD. Steatosis was graded as mild,
moderate or severe. We examined the relationship between severity and zonal location of …