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Occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C: An actor behind the scene or just a bystander?

✍ Scribed by Chi-Jen Chu; Shou-Dong Lee

Book ID: 108952558
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 136 KB
Volume: 25
Category: Article
ISSN: 0815-9319
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.06134.x

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