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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2008; 14(21): 3396-3402
Published online Jun 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3396
Published online Jun 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3396
Why, who and how should perform liver biopsy in chronic liver diseases
Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu, Roxana Sirli, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 700736, Romania
Author contributions: Sporea I wrote the paper and revised data from the literature, Popescu A and Sirli R researched for data from the literature and revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Ioan Sporea, Department of Gastro-enterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara 700736, Romania. isporea@excite.com
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Received: October 19, 2007
Revised: April 12, 2008
Accepted: April 19, 2008
Published online: June 7, 2008
Revised: April 12, 2008
Accepted: April 19, 2008
Published online: June 7, 2008
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