Entecavir treatment for chronic hepatitis B infection in end-stage renal disease and kidney transplantation
✍ Scribed by Ezequiel Ridruejo; Raúl Adrover; Cristina Alonso; Oscar G. Mandó; Marcelo O. Silva
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-2934
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