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. 1993 Jan;34(1):1–3. doi: 10.1136/gut.34.1.1

Recent advances in the molecular biology of hepatitis B virus: mutant virus and the host response.

G R Foster 1, H C Thomas 1
PMCID: PMC1374089  PMID: 7679364

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