Percutaneous liver biopsy - 2 decades of experience in a public hospital in the South of Brazil

Introduction. Liver biopsy is a complementary method for diagnosis, staging and therapeutic guidance in liver diseases, where chronic viral hepatitis are the most acknowledged causes for the indication of histopa-thological study. The objective is to assess the patients’ profile as well as the indic...

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Main Authors: Rafael Bergesch D’Incao, Marcelo Campos Appel da Silva, Paulo Roberto Lerias de Almeida, Viviane Plasse Renon, Cristiane Valle Tovo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-11-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811931292X