Management of hepatitis B in developing countries

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 292-299

  Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Siddiqui, Adeel R ^a  

^a SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus DNA; Management; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885880752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i12.292     Document Type: Article

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