Hepatitis C in Chile: Burden of the disease;Hepatitis C en Chile: Magnitud del problema

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-788

  Soza R, Alejandro ^a,b   López Lastra, Marcelo ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Bioquímico ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C, chronic; Liver cirrhosis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746841414     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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