title: Is there a role for preoperative renal core biopsy?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: S Bruce
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Malkowicz
authors.forename: Parvati
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramchandani
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography