Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1429-1430 , November 2009

Transient Bacteremia after a Percutaneous Liver Biopsy

Received 22 October 2008 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00814-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.08.004

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1429-1430 , November 2009

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