Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main cause of Controversial data were recently published concerning the fulminant hepatitis (FH) in several geographic areas, includassociation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants with fulminant ing the Mediterranean basin. 1 Traditionally the fulminant hepat
Association of infection with a specific hepatitis G virus strain with fulminant hepatitis
β Scribed by L. Sheng; A. Soumillion; N. Beckers; C.-G. Wu; C. Verslype; F. Nevens; J. Pirenne; R. Aerts; H. Kosala; J. Fevery; S. H. Yap
- Book ID
- 118568375
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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