Hepatitis C virus serotype in chronic liver disease

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-159

  Khokhar, Nasir ^a   Asif, Naila ^a   Khokhar, Omar S ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chronic Hepatitis C; Chronic Liver Disease; HCV Genotype; HCV Sero type

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942491575     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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