Is juvenile liver biopsy unsafe? Putting an end to a common misapprehension

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 959-961

  Pietrobattista, Andrea ^a   Fruwirth, Rodolfo ^a   Natali, Gianluigi ^a   Monti, Lidia ^a   Devito, Rita ^a   Nobili, Valerio ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Children; Liver; US

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049103014     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1311-9     Document Type: Article

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