Comparison of anti-HBe-positive and HBe-antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B in France
✍ Scribed by Jean Pierre Zarski; Patrick Marcellin; Marielle Cohard; Jean Michel Lutz; Catherine Bouche; Abbès Rais
- Book ID
- 118566300
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 384 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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