Divining the role of liver biopsy in hepatitis C

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 374-376

  Herrine, Steven K ^a   Friedman, Lawrence S ^b,c,d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOPSY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23444450238     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.06.014     Document Type: Editorial

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