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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Liver Dis. 2012 Jun 27;16(3):487–504. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2012.05.006

Table 8.

Liver Biopsy in NAFLD with Minimum Criteria for Size of Biopsy

Study Year Size
(mm)		 Portal Tract
(n)		 Aim
Goldstein [78] 2005 ≥ 16 --- Stage
Arun [79] 2007 ≥ 25 8 Diagnosis
Merriman [13] 2006 ≥ 28 18 Grade/ Stage
Ratziu [35] 2005 ≥ 40 33 Grade/ Stage