Occult B hepatitis - still a risk for transfusions?
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I read with interest the recently published article by Ramezani et al. [1] in your journal. The issue is important but all the aspects and clinical importance of the study are not clear. According to an international workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) in 2008 [2], OBI is defined as the presence of HBV DNA in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the serum) of i...
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عنوان ژورنال: ISBT Science Series
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1751-2816,1751-2824
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2824.2010.01398.x