Usefulness of needle biopsy in the diagnosis of paediatric liver disorders

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-28

  Ahmad, Mumtaz ^a   Afzal, Saeed ^a   Roshan, Emran ^a   Mubarik, Azhar ^a   Bano, Sajida ^a   Khan, Saleem Ahmad ^a   Hashmi, Shoaib Nayyar ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STORAGE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16444363981     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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