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Percutaneous, fine-needle aspiration, and laparoscopic liver biopsy

Authors

Arturo Bravo, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Sunil G Sheth, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP

Editor-in-Chief — Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Section Editor — General Hepatology; Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Senior Consultant in Hepatology

James Tullis Firm Chief

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Section Editor

Jonathan B Kruskal, MD, PhD

Section Editor — Kidney Disease

Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Deputy Editor

Kristen M Robson, MD, MBA, FACG

Assistant Professor

Tufts University School of Medicine

Peer Reviewer

Reviewers are not identified on topic reviews to preserve anonymity