Transjugular liver biopsy in liver transplant patients using an 18-gauge automated core biopsy needle

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Miraglia, Roberto ^a   Maruzzelli, Luigi ^a   Minervini, Marta Ida ^a   Volpes, Riccardo ^a   Vizzini, Giovanni ^a   Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^a   Caruso, Settimo ^a   Luca, Angelo ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Complications; Interventional radiology; Pediatric; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; HEMATOMA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSJUGULAR LIVER BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755136632     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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