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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Liver and Biliary Tract

Sampling Variability on Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

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Pages 427-432 | Received 28 Oct 2002, Accepted 10 Jan 2003, Published online: 27 Feb 2017

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