Molecular biology of hepatitis B virus: effect of nucleotide substitutions on the clinical features of chronic hepatitis B
✍ Scribed by Osamu Yokosuka; Makoto Arai
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 361 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0918-4287
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