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LIVER BIOPSY: IMPORTANCE OF SPECIMEN SIZE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS

Liver biopsy is the gold standard method for the grading and staging of chronic viral hepatitis, but optimal biopsy specimen size remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of liver specimen (number of portal tracts) and to evaluate the impact of the number of portal tr...

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Autores principales: CORAL, Gabriela P., ANTUNES, Aline Dal Pozzo, SERAFINI, Ana Paula Almeida, ARAUJO, Fernanda B., de MATTOS, Angelo Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26910447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658010