SERUM IgA ANTIBODIES TO EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN PRECEDING SYMPTOMS OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA
✍ Scribed by Ho, H.C; Kwan, H.C; Ng, MunH; De-Thé, G
- Book ID
- 122979462
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 311
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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