The impact of endemic schistosomiasis on acute viral hepatitis.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on December 01, 1991

Authors

Y A Ghaffar1, S A Fattah, M Kamel, R M Badr, F F Mahomed, G T Strickland

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine, Shiben El Kom, Egypt.

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