Transjugular biopsy of the liver in pediatric and adult patients using an 18-gauge automated core biopsy needle: A retrospective review of 410 consecutive procedures

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Smith, Tony P ^a   Presson, Thomas L ^a,b   Heneghan, Michael A ^a   Ryan, J Mark ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Wake Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SKIN ABSORPTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0037215560     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.1.1800167     Document Type: Article

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