Is liver biopsy needed in children with chronic hepatitis ?

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-216

  Guido, Maria ^a   Bortolotti, Flavia ^a   Rugge, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031813542     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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