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Frequency of hepatitis B envelope antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection in untreated patients from three cities in Pakistan Cover

Frequency of hepatitis B envelope antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection in untreated patients from three cities in Pakistan

Asian Biomedicine
Volume 11 (2017): Issue 1 (February 2017)
By: Israr Ahmad,  Kafeel Ahmad,  Ijazul Haque Taseer,  Waqaruddin Ahmad,  Javed Iqbal Farooqi and  Obaid Ullah  
Open Access
|Aug 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1101.541 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
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Language: English
Page range: 73 - 79
Published on: Aug 31, 2017
Published by: Chulalongkorn University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year
Keywords:
Chronic hepatitis B,
hepatitis,
hepatitis B surface antigen,
Pakistan
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2017 Israr Ahmad, Kafeel Ahmad, Ijazul Haque Taseer, Waqaruddin Ahmad, Javed Iqbal Farooqi, Obaid Ullah, published by Chulalongkorn University
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