Is it difficult to obtain an optimal liver biopsy specimen?

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 355-356

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; NEEDLE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSJUGULAR LIVER BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND; VENOUS PRESSURE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 73449131174     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23236     Document Type: Letter

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