PROLIFICA: a story of West African clinical and research collaborations to target hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africa.
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PROLIFICA: a story of West African clinical and research collaborations to target hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africa J. Howell, N.G. Ladep, S. Nayagam, M. Lemoine, D.A. Garside, M.M.E. Crossey, E. Okeke, R. Njie, M.M. Ka, M. Taal, M.R. Thursz and S.D. Taylor-Robinson From the Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary’s Campus, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, UK, Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria, Department of Viral Hepatitis, Medical Research Council (The Gambia Unit), Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, Gambia, Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier régional de Thiès et UFR des Sciences de la Santé de Thiès, Thiès, Sénégal and Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Independence Drive, Banjul, Gambia
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
دوره 109 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016