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The high-diagnostic characteristics of HBsAg level in differentiation of hepatitis B clinical presentations: Myth or truth?
Heidar Sharafi,
Heidar Sharafi
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this author Hamidreza Karimi-Sari,
Hamidreza Karimi-Sari
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
Student Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this author Seyed Moayed Alavian,
Corresponding Author
Seyed Moayed Alavian
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
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Heidar Sharafi,
Heidar Sharafi
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this author Hamidreza Karimi-Sari,
Hamidreza Karimi-Sari
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
Student Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this author Seyed Moayed Alavian,
Corresponding Author
Seyed Moayed Alavian
Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Middle East Liver Diseases (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran
E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 01 October 2016
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