Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

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Gaurav Arora, MD, MS, Fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center; Former Advanced Hepatology Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Transplant Program, Stanford University School of Medicine
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