Importance of specimen size in accurate needle liver biopsy evaluation of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

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Published in Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol on September 01, 2005

Authors

Thomas D Schiano1, Samia Azeem, Carol A Bodian, Henry C Bodenheimer, Sukma Merati, Swan N Thung, Prodromos Hytiroglou

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Liver Diseases, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. thomas.schiano@msnyuhealth.org

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