248 ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HBVDNA INTEGRATION IN PATIENTS WITH OCCULT HBV INFECTION AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
โ Scribed by C. Saitta; T. Pollicino; G. Raffa; A. Bertuccio; A. Barbera; A. Ciancio; A. Smedile; G. Navarra; G. Raimondo
- Book ID
- 117379394
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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