Hepatitis E- Is it a risk to transfusion safety?

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Kumar, Naveen ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 84879194255     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.106708     Document Type: Review

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