Liver biopsy under ultrasound control: Implications for training in the Calman era

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 628-629

  Shah, S ^a   Mayberry, J F ^a   Wicks, A C B ^a   Rees, Y ^a   Playford, R J ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIARY PERITONITIS; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032872698     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.4.628     Document Type: Short Survey

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