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Original Article

Liver Biopsy in Chronic Aggressive Hepatitis

Diagnostic Reproducibility in Relation to Size of Specimen

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Pages 27-32 | Received 24 Apr 1982, Accepted 25 May 1982, Published online: 19 Feb 2010

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