one hundred twenty-six patients with a clinical diagnosis of chronic , diffuse , well-compensated liver disease were randomized into two groups and submitted either to percutaneous blind liver biopsy ( pb : 64 patients ) or to laparoscopy with guided biopsy ( lb : 62 patients ) , in order to assess the accuracy of either procedure in diagnosing cirrhosis .
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