Antibody to the hepatitis C virus in acute hepatitis and chronic liver diseases in Japan
β Scribed by Kusuya Nishioka; Junnosuke Watanabe; Seiichi Furuta; Eiji Tanaka; Hiroshi Suzuki; Shiro Iino; Takao Tsuji; Michitami Yano; George Kuo; Qui-Lim Choo; Michael Houghton; Toshitsugu Oda
- Book ID
- 114796728
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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