Annual Registry for Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B is Needed for Predicting the Burden of Hepatocellolar Carcinoma in Iran
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1 Proteomics Research Center, Students’ Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Health System Research, Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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