A systematic review of the quality of liver biopsy specimens.

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Published in Am J Clin Pathol on May 01, 2006

Authors

Evangelos Cholongitas1, Marco Senzolo, Richard Standish, Laura Marelli, Alberto Quaglia, David Patch, Amar P Dhillon, Andrew Kenneth Burroughs

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, England.

Associated clinical trials:

Carbamazepine in Severe Liver Disease Due to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CBZ) | NCT01379469

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