Confirmation of Hepatitis C Virus Positive Blood Donors by Immunoblotting and Polymerase Chain Reaction
β Scribed by H. De Beenhouwer; H. Verhaert; H. Claeys; C. Vermylen
- Book ID
- 115109847
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0042-9007
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