title: Is liver biopsy needed in children with chronic hepatitis?
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Istochimica & Immunoistochimica Patologica, Università di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bortolotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rugge
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity