A hepatitis B virus mutant associated with an epidemic of fulminant hepatitis.

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• Publication year

  1991

• Venue

  New England Journal of Medicine

• Publication date

  1991-06-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1056/NEJM199106133242405PMID 2034247
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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