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Affiliation
Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.; Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.; Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.; Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.; Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Authors
Ghany Marc G., Belle Steven H., Kleiner David E., Smith Coleman, Kelley Stephanie S., Rosenthal Philip, Fontana Robert J.
Studies
Abstract
Prospective data regarding the safety and yield of liver biopsy in both adults and children with chronic hepatitis B are limited. The aim of this study is to report safety, yield, and complication rates among adults and children with chronic hepatitis B undergoing percutaneous liver biopsy.