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Molecular and functional analysis of occult hepatitis B virus isolates from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Teresa Pollicino; Giuseppina Raffa; Lucy Costantino; Antonella Lisa; Cesare Campello; Giovanni Squadrito; Massimo Levrero; Giovanni Raimondo

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 237 KB
Volume: 45
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21529

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