Percutaneous liver biopsy in the clinical management of hepatocellular carcinoma: Back to the future

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2147-2147

  Colecchia, Antonio ^a   Montrone, Lucia ^a   Scaioli, Eleonora ^a   Festi, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; NEEDLE CORE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957480253     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24130     Document Type: Letter

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