Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Jul-Aug;16(4):487-489.
doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.0272.

Liver Biopsy in Chronic Liver Diseases: Is There a Favorable Benefit: Risk Balance?

Dominique Larrey  1 , Lucy Meunier  1 , José Ursic-Bedoya  1
Affiliations
Free article

Liver Biopsy in Chronic Liver Diseases: Is There a Favorable Benefit: Risk Balance?

Dominique Larrey et al. Ann Hepatol. 2017 Jul-Aug.
Free article

Abstract

Liver biopsy is still useful in selected clinical situations in which it is the only tool to obtain information necessary for the diagnosis, the prognosis, and the decision for treatment. Main examples are viral hepatitis with confounding co-morbidities, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, and autoimmune liver diseases.

Keywords: chronic liver disease; cirrhosis; co-morbidities; fibrosis; liver biopsy.

PubMed Disclaimer

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources