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Liver Biopsy (cont.)

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Author:Michael AJ Sawyer, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, Southwestern Medical Center; Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, Comanche County Memorial Hospital; Consulting Staff, Great Plains Surgical Clinic, Inc.

Coauthor(s): Elizabeth M Sawyer, MD, CPT, MC, Staff Physician, Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center; Kathryn L Hale, MS, PA-C, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors:Robert J Fingerote, MD, MSc, BSc, Consulting Staff, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Queensway-Carleton Hospital of Ottawa, Canada; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Julian Katz, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Drexel University College of Medicine.

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