Higher Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Antigen in Patients with Cystic Hydatid Disease than in Patients Referred to Internal Medicine Clinics in Turkey |
Gultepe, Bilge
(Division of Microbiology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine)
Dulger, Ahmet Cumhur (Division of Gastroenterology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine) Gultepe, Ilhami (Van Lokman Hekim Hospital, Division of internal Medicine) Karadas, Sevdegul (Emergency Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine) Ebinc, Senar (Division of Gastroenterology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine) Esen, Ramazan (Division of Hematology, Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine) |
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