liver biopsy

collocation in English

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liver
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlɪv.ər/us
/ˈlɪv.ɚ/
a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile, or this organ from an animal used ...
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biopsy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaɪ.ɒp.si/us
/ˈbaɪ.ɑːp.si/
the process of removing and examining a small amount of tissue from a sick person, in order to discover more about ...
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(Definition ofliverandbiopsyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ornithine transcarbamylase is only expressed in the liver, thus performing an enzyme assay to confirm the diagnosis requires aliverbiopsy.
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A clinical diagnosis of veno-occlusive disease was confirmed by a transcutaneousliverbiopsy.
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The diagnosis of cirrhosis was based onliverbiopsyor conventional clinical, biological and endoscopic findings.
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Primary biliary cirrhosis is the most likely diagnosis in atypical cases that persist and requireliverbiopsy.
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Only a limited number of patients underwentliverbiopsy, so the histological data were not used to assess the severity of the liver disease.
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Genetic screening was cost-saving, with limited quality of evidence when it substituted confirmatoryliverbiopsy(4).
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Aliverbiopsywas performed in most patients.
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In cases where prenatal diagnosis was requested, a fetalliverbiopsyused to be required to confirm if a fetus was affected.
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Occasionally,liverbiopsyis required to monitor the progress of treatment, such as in chronic viral hepatitis.
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Only 5% of patients at risk of fibrosis haveliverbiopsy.
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In some cases aliverbiopsyis performed.
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Half the subjects were then given a drug called berkatit whilst all were subjected to an invasiveliverbiopsywithout anaesthetic.
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He died after an exploratory laparotomy to obtain a lymph node andliverbiopsy.
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To make the distinction, abnormal liver function tests and/or ultrasound suggesting liver disease are required, and ideallyliverbiopsy.
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Imaging can identify steatosis of the liver butliverbiopsyis required to demonstrate fibrosis and cirrhosis.
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Significant bleeding after aliverbiopsyoccurs in 12 out of 100 patients who are biopsied.
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Diagnosis is made on the basis of the presence of multinucleated hepatocyte giant cells onliverbiopsy.
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Aliverbiopsydone via the transjugular route because of coagulopathy is not usually necessary, other than in occasional malignancies.
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In this case, diagnosis of haemochromatosis is based on biochemical analysis and histologic examination of aliverbiopsy.
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Disruption of the cysts (spontaneous or iatrogenic e.g.liverbiopsy) can be life-threatening due to anaphylactic shock.
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Prenatal diagnosis has been made by fetalliverbiopsyat 1822 weeks of gestation, but no fetal treatment has been proposed.
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