Sampling error and intraobserver variation in liver biopsy in patients with chronic HCV infection.

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Published in Am J Gastroenterol on October 01, 2002

Authors

Arie Regev1, Mariana Berho, Lennox J Jeffers, Clara Milikowski, Enrique G Molina, Nikolaos T Pyrsopoulos, Zheng-Zhou Feng, K Rajender Reddy, Eugene R Schiff

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Hepatology, Center for Liver Diseases, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Development of an Imaging Biomarker for Hepatic Fibrosis Using Gadoxetate Disodium | NCT01783314

Development of a Breath Test for Monitoring Patients With Liver Disease | NCT00244569

Prospective Comparison Between TE, SWE and MRE (FULLFIBRO01) (FULLFIBRO01) | NCT03293953

Beyond Confounders: Addressing Source of Measurement Variability and Error in Shear Wave Elastography | NCT03342560

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