Liver biopsy in liver transplant recipients

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Van Ha, Thuong G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver biopsy; Liver transplant; Percutaneous liver biopsy; Transjugular liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 11344277598     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-861561     Document Type: Review

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