An assessment of the role of liver biopsies in asymptomatic patients with chronic liver test abnormalities

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3206-3210

  Sorbi, Darius ^a   McGill, Douglas B ^a   Thistle, Johnson L ^a   Therneau, Terry M ^a   Henry, Jessica ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033761248     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02086-4     Document Type: Article

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