Criteria for Hepatitis B Virus Screening and Validation of Blood Components in Italy: the Position of the SIMTI HBV Working Group

Overview

Journal Blood Transfus

Specialty Hematology

Date 2011 Aug 16

PMID 21839007

Citations 8

Authors

Claudio Velati

Laura Fomiatti

Lorella Baruffi

Vanessa Piccinini

Daniele Prati

Anna Reina

Andrea Lobbiani

Alessandro Zanetti

Luisa Romano

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