How often does ultrasound marking change the liver biopsy site

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3320-3322

  Riley III, Thomas R ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASCITES; BIOPSY; COLON; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG; MALE; PERCUSSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032747563     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00604-8     Document Type: Article

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