US-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of
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Ping Liang; Yangyan Gao; Yang Wang; Xiaoling Yu; Dejiang Yu; Baowei Dong
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Purpose To compare the techniques of sonographically (US)βguided percutaneous needle biopsy of the spleen using 18βgauge and 21βgauge needles. ## Methods Fortyβtwo patients undergoing 43 spleen biopsy procedures for focal lesions (n = 27 [16 single, 11 multiple]) or diffuse spleno