Occult HBV infection among Egyptian hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

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Published in Virol J on March 03, 2011

Authors

Zeinab K Hassan1, Mohamed M Hafez, Tarek M Mansor, Abdel Rahman N Zekri

Author Affiliations

1: Virology and immunology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, 1st Kasr El-Aini St, 11197 Cairo, Egypt.

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