The significance of transfusion in the past as a risk for current hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection: a study in endoscopy patients
β Scribed by Hani M. Tawk; Karen Vickery; Linda Bisset; Sing Kai Lo; Yvonne E. Cossart; the Infection in Endoscopy Study Group
- Book ID
- 109143022
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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