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Infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A in Tokyo, Japan during 1976 through 2001

✍ Scribed by Mariko Kobayashi; Fumitaka Suzuki; Yasuji Arase; Norio Akuta; Yoshiyuki Suzuki; Tetsuya Hosaka; Satoshi Saitoh; Masahiro Kobayashi; Akihito Tsubota; Takashi Someya; Kenji Ikeda; Marie Matsuda; Junko Sato; Hiromitsu Kumada

Publisher: Springer Japan
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 268 KB
Volume: 39
Category: Article
ISSN: 0944-1174
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-004-1400-3

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