The role of transjugular liver biopsy in a liver transplant center

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-157

  Macedo, Guilherme ^a,b   Maia, José Costa ^a   Gomes, Abílio ^a   Teixeira, Araújo ^a   Ribeiro, Tomé ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Transjugular liver biopsy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0032803114     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199909000-00010     Document Type: Article

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