Etiology of chronic hepatitis in France: predominant role of hepatitis C virus
✍ Scribed by Pascal Hammel; Patrick Marcellin; Michele Martinot-Peignoux; Bach-Nga Pham; Claude Degott; Régine Level; Valérie Lefort; Abdou Benhallem; Serge Erlinger; Jean-Pierre Benhamou
- Book ID
- 118567170
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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