First, do no harm: The question of liver biopsy in living liver donors

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-422

  Olthoff, Kim M ^a,b   Reddy, K Rajender ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; FATTY LIVER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVING DONORS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 42149123721     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21478     Document Type: Editorial

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