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. 1994 Dec 3;309(6967):1455–1456. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1455

Liver biopsy: blind or guided?

G Vautier, B Scott, D Jenkins
PMCID: PMC2541611  PMID: 7804036

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