Liver biopsy findings from healthy potential living liver donors: reasons for disqualification, silent diseases and correlation with liver injury tests.

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Published in J Hepatol on December 29, 2008

Authors

Marta I Minervini1, Kristine Ruppert, Paulo Fontes, Riccardo Volpes, Giovanni Vizzini, Michael E de Vera, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Roberto Miraglia, Loredana Pipitone, J Wallis Marsh, Amadeo Marcos, Bruno Gridelli, Anthony J Demetris

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-ISMETT, Italy. mminervini@ISMETT.edu

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