title: Is ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy effective for diagnosis of early HCC in liver cirrhosis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. juergen.schoelmerich@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schölmerich
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014463:Ultrasonography