Intrafamilial Spread of Hepatitis B: Passage Through Several Generations
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Intrafamilial spread of hepatitis B virus: some comments.
1Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4Department of Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/1993/529469