Hepatitis B: treatment strategies and resistance
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Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Tenofovir
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عنوان ژورنال: Retrovirology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1742-4690
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-7-s1-i23