Usefulness of liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C

Major requirements for performance of liver biopsy (LB) are the benefits for the patient and the impossibility of having the same information by less invasive procedures. In the last two decades physicians have faced the difficult task of convincing a patient positive for hepatitis C, with minimal c...

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Main Author: Edna Strauss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119317223