Safety of Liver Biopsy in Acute Sickle Hepatic Crisis

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 277-279

  Kakarala, Sri ^a   Lindberg, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAFETY; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; SAFETY;

EID: 2342570871     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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