The prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection among patients with chronic liver disease in South India
β Scribed by Shanmugam Saravanan; Vijayakumar Velu; Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy; Esaki Muthu Shankar; Subhadra Nandakumar; Kailapuri G. Murugavel; Pachamuthu Balakrishnan; Sunil Suhas Solomon; Suniti Solomon; Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan
- Book ID
- 118449389
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 394 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1201-9712
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