Is there a role for liver biopsy in primary sclerosing cholangitis?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1155-1158

  Burak, Kelly W ^a   Angulo, Paul ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038070406     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07401.x     Document Type: Article

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