Transjugular liver biopsy: How good is it for accurate histological interpretation?

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1789-1794

  Cholongitas, E ^a   Quaglia, A ^a   Samonakis, D ^a   Senzolo, M ^a   Triantos, C ^a   Patch, D ^a   Leandro, G ^a   Dhillon, A P ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSJUGULAR LIVER BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33748930672     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.090415     Document Type: Article

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