P651 CIRRHOSIS AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS E VIRUS INFECTION
✍ Scribed by Riveiro-Barciela, M.; Rodríguez-Frías, F.; Castells, L.; Campos-Varela, I.; Homs, M.; Cantarell, C.; Crespo, M.; Esteban, R.; Buti, M.
- Book ID
- 122336748
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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