Safety of biopsy in liver hemangiomas

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 220-223

  Çolakoǧlu, Önder ^a   Taşkiran, Bengür ^a,b   Yazici, Nafi ^a   Buyraç, Zafer ^a   Ünsal, Belkis ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Aşit Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Hemorrhage; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33144476608     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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