PP-089 Improving blood safety by setting the ambiguous region of screening HBsAg ELISA in Chinese blood donations
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/s1201-9712(11)60241-5