Combined hepatitis B immune globulin and vaccine for postexposure prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus infection
โ Scribed by Yoshihiro Akahane; Fumio Tsuda; Makoto Mayumi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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