Adefovir dipivoxil therapy for lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B in pre– and post–liver transplantation patients
✍ Scribed by Eugene R. Schiff; Ching-Lung Lai; Stefanos Hadziyannis; Peter Neuhaus; Norah Terrault; Massimo Colombo; Hans L. Tillmann; Didier Samuel; Stefan Zeuzem; Leslie Lilly; Maria Rendina; Jean-Pierre Villeneuve; Nicole Lama; Craig James; Michael S. Wulfsohn; Hamid Namini; Christopher Westland; Shelly Xiong; Gavin S. Choy; Sally Van Doren; John Fry; Carol L. Brosgart
- Book ID
- 118686869
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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