Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among thalassemia patients: A perspective from a multi-ethnic population of Pakistan

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S127-S133

  Din, Ghufranud ^a   Malik, Sajid ^a   Ali, Ihsan ^a   Ahmed, Safia ^a   Dasti, Javid Iqbal ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Ferritin; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908215576     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60218-2     Document Type: Article

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