Absence or delayed appearance of hepatitis B core antibody in chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carrier children
โ Scribed by Ni, Yen-Hsuan; Hsu, Hong-Yuan; Chang, Mei-Hwei; Chen, Ding-Shinn; Lee, Chin-Yun
- Book ID
- 123147373
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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