Single-pass percutaneous liver biopsy for diffuse liver disease using an automated device: Experience in 154 procedures

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 584-588

  Rivera Sanfeliz, Gerant ^a,b   Kinney, Thomas B ^a,b   Rose, Steven C ^a,b   Agha, Ayad K M ^a,b   Valji, Karim ^a,b   Miller, Franklin J ^a,b   Roberts, Anne C ^a,b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated needle; Diffuse chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Liver biopsy; Safety; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 25444510878     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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