Significance of anti-hepatitis B surface antigen as the only serological marker of hepatitis B in non-vaccinated subjects in Gabon
✍ Scribed by Ousmane Traore; Alain Goudeau; Philippe Roingeard; Maryvonne Kombila; Frédéric Dubois; Dominique Richard-Lenoble
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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