Genotypes of hepatitis B virus in Central Anatolia, Kayseri, Turkey

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-363

  Atalay, Mustafa A ^a   Gokahmetoglu, Selma ^a   Aygen, Bilgehan ^b  

^a KAYSERI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY;

EID: 79953683423     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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