A review of recent events related to surrogate testing of blood to prevent non-A, non-B posttransfusion hepatitis
β Scribed by T. F. Zuck; W. C. SHERWOOD; J. R. BOVE
- Book ID
- 114438429
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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