To perform or not to perform liver biopsy: An alternative view [2]

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 610-

  Joy, D ^a   Scott, B B ^a  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0345700274     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.4.610     Document Type: Letter

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