This article reviews the ways in which liver biopsy provides SELECTION OF THE PATIENT a resource to the clinician when making management deci-Liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus sions for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Liver biopsy pro-(HCV) infection is indicated when persis
A multicentre study of the usefulness of liver biopsy in hepatitis C
β Scribed by V. G. Bain; M. Bonacini; S. Govindarajan; M. Ma; M. Sherman; A. Gibas; S. J. Cotler; M. Deschenes; K. Kaita; G. S. Jhangri
- Book ID
- 108885686
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1352-0504
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