Hydroxyurea-induced hepatitis in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients.

نویسندگان

  • S B Weissman
  • G I Sinclair
  • C L Green
  • W H Fissell
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 29 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999