Combination Therapy of Active HBsAg Vaccination and Interferon-α in Interferon-α Nonresponders with Chronic Hepatitis B
✍ Scribed by Tobias Heintges; Wolfgang Petry; Michaela Kaldewey; Andreas Erhardt; Ulrike C. Wend; Wolfram H. Gerlich; Claus Niederau; Dieter Hãussinger
- Book ID
- 110295062
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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