Relationship between serum ferritin, hepatic iron staining, diabetes mellitus and fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Abstract

Many patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection may have elevated serum ferritin and/or iron deposition within the liver. However, both played no significant role in the progression of hepatitis C virus related liver injury. The association between chronic hepatitis C virus infection and type II diabetes mellitus exists, however the biological mechanism of this association still remains to be elucidated.