High prevalence of late relapse and reinfection in prisoners treated for chronic hepatitis C
β Scribed by John P Bate; Anton J Colman; Peter J Frost; David R Shaw; Hugh AJ Harley
- Book ID
- 108953720
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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