Inter-observer variability in histopathological assessment of liver biopsies taken in a pediatric open label therapeutic program for chronic HBV infection treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1713-1717

  Woynarowski, Marek ^a   Cielecka Kuszyk, Joanna ^a   Kałuzyński, Andrzej ^b   Omulecka, Aleksandra ^c   Sobaniec Łotowska, Maria ^d   Stolarczyk, Julian ^e   Szczepański, Wojciech ^f  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Polish Mother's Research Institute   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Grading; Staging; Type B hepatitis

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPEN STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33645857950     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i11.1713     Document Type: Article

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