The role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis of cirrhosis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART 2, 1996, Pages 568-571

  Poniachik, Jaime ^a   Bernstein, David E ^a   Reddy, K Rajender ^a   Jeffers, Lennox J ^a   Coelho Little, Marie Ester ^a   Civantos, Francisco ^a   Schiff, Eugene R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029954910     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(96)81586-0     Document Type: Article

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