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Liver Biopsy in the Management of Autoimmune Hepatitis Acute Severe Onset

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  1. Liver Unit, and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS-IP), Digestive Diseases Service (Planta 3), Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Diego de León, 62, 28028, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Moreno-Otero

  2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Moreno-Otero

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Moreno-Otero, R. Liver Biopsy in the Management of Autoimmune Hepatitis Acute Severe Onset. Dig Dis Sci 58, 1808–1810 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2662-5

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