Studies on serial liver biopsies from 25 patients with methotrexate-induced liver cirrhosis, taken from 1 to 13 years after cirrhosis was established, confirm that this type is not of aggressive nature. When evaluated blind no progression was found in most of the later biopsies. Alcohol and previous use of hepatotoxic drugs such as the combination of arsenics and vitamin A seem to have been contributing factors to cirrhosis formation.