Ultrasound assisted liver biopsy for the staging of diffuse chronic hepatopathies

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-290

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Ştirli, Roxana ^a   Dǎnilǎ, Mirela ^a   Strǎin, Mihnea ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic viral hepatitis; Diffuse hepathopathies; Grading and staging; Ultrasound guided liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; SEDATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 11844249302     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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