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Review
. 2019 Apr 30;13(4):114-116.
doi: 10.1002/cld.740. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Con: Liver Biopsy Remains the Gold Standard to Evaluate Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Daniel Berger  1 , Vishal Desai  1 , Sujit Janardhan  1
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Review

Con: Liver Biopsy Remains the Gold Standard to Evaluate Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Daniel Berger et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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