Frequency of hepatitis b and c in selected groups of population in NWFP, Pakistan

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Farooqi, Javed Iqbal ^a   Farooqi, Rukhsana Javed ^a   Khan, Nowshad ^a   Mussarat, ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Healthy blood donors; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatoma; Liver diseases; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956121703     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: 18119387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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