Ambulatory liver biopsy: Complications and evolution in 264 cases

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Vivas, S ^a   Palacio, M A ^a   Rodriguez, M ^a   Lomo, J ^a   Cadenas, F ^a   Giganto, F ^a   Rodrigo, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complications; Liver biopsy; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032017002     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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