Hepatitis B markers in heterosexual patients attending two genitourinary medicine clinics in the West Midlands

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  El Dalil, A A ^b   Jayaweera, D T ^a   Walzman, M ^a   Radcliffe, K W ^a   Richmond, R ^a   Wade, A A ^a   Shahmanesh, M ^a  

^a Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b The Guest Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Heterosexuals; Markers

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030913665     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.2.127     Document Type: Article

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