Analysis of occult hepatitis B virus infection in liver tissue of HIV patients with chronic hepatitis C.

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Published in AIDS on October 18, 2007

Authors

Giuseppina Raffa1, Sergio Maimone, Antonietta Cargnel, Teresa Santantonio, Giorgio Antonucci, Marco Massari, Monica Schiavini, Gaia Caccamo, Teresa Pollicino, Giovanni Raimondo

Author Affiliations

1: Unit of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.

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