Use of dried blood samples for monitoring hepatitis B virus infection
✍ Scribed by Rosalia Lira, Angelica Maldonado-Rodriguez, Othon Rojas-Montes…
- Book ID
- 120693909
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1743-422X
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