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The histology of the liver is an indispensable aid to diagnosis. It is the only way of proving the presence of cirrhosis, and it may also establish the cause of this disease, as in haemochromatosis and hepatolenticular degeneration. It has proved invaluable in the assessment of chronic hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease.
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Bateson, M.C., Bouchier, I.A. (1988). Liver biopsy. In: Clinical Investigations in Gastroenterology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2633-2_12
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