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Original Article

Anti-HCV positivity in sexual partners and offspring of patient with chronic hepatitis C

Nevil Aykın Clinics of Infectious Diseases, From the Yunus Emre State Hospital, EskisehirCorrespondence[email protected]
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Figen Cevık Clinics of Infectious Diseases, From the Yunus Emre State Hospital, Eskisehir
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Nese Demırturk Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
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Tuna Demırdal Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
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Semiha Orhan Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey
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Hasan Naz Clinics of Infectious Diseases, From the Yunus Emre State Hospital, Eskisehir
Pages 533-537 | Received 08 Feb 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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