Current indications of liver biopsy;Indicaciones actuales de la biopsia hepática

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-139

  Solís Herruzo, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC;

EID: 33646848249     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082006000200007     Document Type: Review

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