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Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa

✍ Scribed by M. E. Mendy; T. Welzel; O. A. Lesi; P. Hainaut; A. J. Hall; M. H. Kuniholm; S. McConkey; J. J. Goedert; S. Kaye; S. Rowland-Jones; H. Whittle; G. D. Kirk

Book ID: 108886319
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 108 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 1352-0504
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01168.x

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