Evaluation of a line probe assay for identification of hepatitis B virus precore variants in serum from chronic hepatitis B carriers
β Scribed by Charlotte L. Cameron-Wilson; Peter Muir; Anna L. Ballard; Sally Corden; Elizabeth H. Boxall; Erwin Sablon; Lieven Stuyver
- Book ID
- 113766695
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 114
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0166-0934
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