When should a liver mass suspected of being a hepatocellular carcinoma be biopsied?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-75

  Nyberg, Scott ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034051739     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060108     Document Type: Editorial

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