We read with interest the editorial by Di Bisceglie and Negro (1) and the paper by Buti et al. (21, in which the authors write about diagnosis of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection. In their editorial, Di Bisceglie and Negro (1) identify the discrepancy that exists in the reports with regard to t
Diagnosis of hepatitis delta virus infection
β Scribed by Adrian M. di Bisceglie; Francesco Negro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 405 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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