Seroprevalence of hepatitis-B and C among the patients reporting in surgical OPD at Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi: Review of 5 year literature

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 514-517

  Chaudhary, Ishtiaq Ahmed ^a   Khan, Shah Sattar ^b   Majrooh, Muhammad Ashraf ^c   Alvi, Ahsan Ahmed ^a  

^a FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HbsAg; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 34548382729     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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