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Editorial
. 2022 Jun;75(6):1365-1367.
doi: 10.1002/hep.32346. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

The remarkable success of the vaccine for a killer virus: Hepatitis B

Carla S Coffin  1
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Editorial

The remarkable success of the vaccine for a killer virus: Hepatitis B

Carla S Coffin. Hepatology. 2022 Jun.
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