Mode of hepatitis C infection not associated with blood transfusion among chronic hemodialysis patients
β Scribed by Kunio Okuda; Haruyuki Hayashi; Susumu Kobayashi; Yasubumi Irie
- Book ID
- 118028557
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 427 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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