Intrafamilial spread of hepatitis B virus: some comments.
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1Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4Department of Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics
دوره 5 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014