Measurement of hepatitis B virus core-related antigen as predicting factor for relapse after cessation of lamivudine therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus infection
β Scribed by Noboru Shinkai; Yasuhiro Tanaka; Etsuro Orito; Kiyoaki Ito; Tomoyoshi Ohno; Noboru Hirashima; Izumi Hasegawa; Fuminaka Sugauchi; Ryuzo Ueda; Masashi Mizokami
- Book ID
- 108138280
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6346
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