EUS-guided routine liver biopsy in selected patients [7]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2354-2355

  Mathew, Abraham ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ASCITES; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34848907403     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01353_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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