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Letter to the Editor and Response

IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO HEPATITIS B VACCINE IN POLYTRANSFUSED THALASSEMIC PATIENTS

Seyed-Moayed AlavianResearch Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Seyed-Vahid TabatabaeiResearch Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Pages 324-325 | Received 19 May 2009, Accepted 22 Oct 2009, Published online: 28 Apr 2010

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