ASPIRATION or punch needle biopsy of the liver is a recognized diagnostic procedure. In research in recent years, in an attempt to correlate liver function and histopathology, this method of obtaining ...

Expert clinicians remark on the current role of the liver biopsy in the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and highlight considerations for utilizing newer, noninvasive ...

A liver biopsy is an outpatient procedure that your doctor may recommend to diagnose an underlying medical condition. The procedure may cause pain, but it’s usually short lasting. Many liver biopsies ...

Novel biomarker tests have met or exceeded the performance of common lab tests for diagnosing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH, now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis or MASH) ...