Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in Egyptian blood donors negative for hepatitis B surface antigen

Affiliations

Assem M El-Sherif et al. Hepatol Int. 2007 Dec.

. 2007 Dec;1(4):469-70.

doi: 10.1007/s12072-007-9017-2. Epub 2007 Sep 15.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Nassr City, Cairo, Egypt, assem_elsherif@yahoo.com.

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