Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis GB Virus-C/Hepatitis G Virus Viremia in a Large Cohort of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection, with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection, and on Renal Replacement Therapy in Hong Kong
✍ Scribed by Man-Fung Yuen; Tak-Mao Chan; Terence Pok-Siu Yip; John Chi-Hang Yuen; Stephen Ka-Nung Ho; Ching-Lung Lai
- Book ID
- 110323770
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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