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. 1992 Mar 21;304(6829):761–764. doi: 10.1136/bmj.304.6829.761

Infection with hepatitis B virus after open heart surgery.

M B Prentice 1, A J Flower 1, G M Morgan 1, K G Nicholson 1, B Rana 1, R K Firmin 1, C J Mitchell 1
PMCID: PMC1881621  PMID: 1571684

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