Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in asymptomatic anti-HIV1 negative pregnant women and their children
✍ Scribed by Patrick Marcellin; Jacques Bernuau; Michèle Martinot-Peignoux; Daniel Larzul; Li-Zhe Xu; Sebastien Tran; Annie Bezeaud; Marie-Christine Guimont; Michel Levardon; Pascale Aumont; Serge Erlinger; Jean-Pierre Benhamou
- Book ID
- 112509946
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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