Prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies is not increased in blood donors with hepatitis C virus infection
✍ Scribed by Jaume Boadas; José Rodríguez-Espinosa; Jaime Enríquez; Francesc Miralles; Francisco J. Martínez-Cerezo; Pedro González; Pedro Madoz; Francisco Vilardell
- Book ID
- 119135870
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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