Length versus width in liver biopsies [6]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 822-823

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a   Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Dhillon, Amar P ^a   Patch, David ^a   Burroughs, Andrew Kenneth ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LIVER; NEEDLES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33644891377     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.12.023     Document Type: Letter

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