Is hepatic ultrasonography a valid alternative tool to liver biopsy? report on 507 cases studied with both techniques

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 467-471

  Celle, Guido ^a   Savarino, Vincenzo ^a   Picciotto, Antonino ^a   Magnolia, Maria Rita ^a   Scalabrini, Patrizia ^a   Dodero, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

hepatic diseases; liver biopsy; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023882484     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01536033     Document Type: Article

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