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Statement on outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy

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This document represents a consensus statement dealing with optimum patient care in a significant clinical area. The statement has been prepared by the Patient Care Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association with the advice of other experts and with peer review. As with all such guidelines, this should be interpreted in a nondogmatic manner, so as not to exclude other therapies or opinions in any particular situation. Based on present knowledge, limited at times, future modifications or other changes in this statement may be necessary.

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  1. Section of Gastroenterology, Menora Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri

    Walter H. Jacobs MD, FACG, FACP (Head)

  2. Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, California

    Stanley B. Goldberg MD, FACP (Head of Gastroenterology)

  3. American Gastroenterological Association, c/o SLACK Inc., 6900 Grove Road, 08086, Thorofare, New Jersey

    Stanley B. Goldberg MD, FACP (Head of Gastroenterology), John A. Balint MD, H. Worth Boyce MD, Thomas H. Browning MD, James N. Cooper MD, David L. Earnest MD, Emanuel Friedman MD, Martin Greene MD, Mark A. Mellow MD, Henry A. Pitt MD & Jane L. Todaro MD

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Jacobs, W.H., Goldberg, S.B., The Patient Care Committee of The American Gastroenterological Association. et al. Statement on outpatient percutaneous liver biopsy. Digest Dis Sci 34, 322–323 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536249

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