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1 Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 381-387 (September 2005)
Experts' opinions on the role of liver biopsy in HCV infection: A Delphi survey by the Italian Association of Hospital Gastroenterologists (A.I.G.O.)  Piero Luigi Almasio, Mauro Niero, Donato Angioli, Antonio Ascione, Sergio Gullini, Giorgio Minoli, Nadia C. Oprandi, Giovan Battista Pinzello, Giorgio Verme, Angelo Andriulli  Journal of Hepatology  Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages (September 2005) DOI: /j.jhep Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Distribution in percent of number of years since each centre started to perform liver biopsy (lower panel) and number of biopsies executed each year (upper panel). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Motivations in favour (upper panel) or against (lower panel) liver biopsy. Each expert could give more than one answer (round 1). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Distribution in the number of answers in favour (upper panel), against (middle panel) or uncertain (lower panel) for liver biopsy (round 1). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 H Index in different clinical cases (0=maximum agreement; 1=maximum disagreement). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 5 H Index in different clinical cases (0= maximum agreement; 1= maximum disagreement) (only experts answering both round one and two are included). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

7 Fig. 6 Frequencies of changed and unchanged answers between the first and the second round in 12 clinical cases (only experts answering both round one and two are included). Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

8 Fig. 7 Percentage of experts who changed opinion between the two rounds or answered ‘neutral’ at least once. Journal of Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.jhep ) Copyright © 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions


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