Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Is Associated with Higher Hemoglobin Levels in Hemodialysis Patients, But Hepatitis B Infection Is Not
โ Scribed by Chih-Bin Chen; Che-Yi Chou; Yu-Hsiang Tseng; Chiu-Ching Huang; Walter Chen; Chuen-Ming Shih
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-2934
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