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Is a liver biopsy result an accurate guide to what is happening in the whole liver?

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Is a liver biopsy result an accurate guide to what is happening in the whole liver?

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A liver biopsy sample is just a tiny piece of the liver but a properly taken sample is generally representative of changes throughout the liver. Hepatitis C affects the whole liver and although there may be some variation within the liver, this would be a minor, rather than major, variation.