Hepatitis A Virus: Seroepidemiological Study in Fars Province
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* Corresponding author at: Gholam Ali Ghorbani, Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Mollasadra Ave., Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2182482487, Fax: +98-2182482472. E-mail: [email protected] DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.714 Copyright c 2011, BRCGL, Published by Kowsar M.P.Co. All rights reserved. A R T I C L E I N F O
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