THE CLINICAL VALUE OF NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVER
Authors: L SCHIFF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 April 1951THE CLINICAL VALUE OF NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVERLEON SCHIFF, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.LEON SCHIFF, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-4-948 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe following presentation is based on studies carried out during the past six years, by successive fellows and the author, on the Medical Service and in the Gastric Laboratory of the Cincinnati General Hospital, in collaboration with Dr. Edward A. Gall and his associates of the Department of Pathology of the University of Cincinnati Medical School. Over 700 biopsies have been performed without a fatality, although, according to the recent literature, the mortality is about 0.5 per cent. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cincinnati, Ohio*Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 20, 1950.This work was aided by the Milton Brown Memorial Fund and by a grant from the Robert Gould Research Foundation.From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and the Gastric Laboratory of the Cincinnati General Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byJust a secondLiver biopsy and laparoscopyThe Accuracy of the Clinical Diagnosis in Acute Hepatitis and Alcoholic Liver Disease. 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A diagnostic aid in the treatment of cancerNeedle Biopsy of the LiverExperience with needle liver biopsies at the hepatitis center for Japan and Korea, 1950–1951The Clinical and Experimental Value of Needle Biopsy of the LiverDiagnosis of liver disease 1 April 1951Volume 34, Issue 4Page: 948-967KeywordsBiopsyHemorrhageHospital medicineLiverMedical servicesMortalityResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...