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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 671927, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/671927
Research Article
Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients and Injection Drug Users Compared to Healthy Blood Donors in Isfahan, Iran
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Received 9 August 2012; Accepted 18 October 2012
Academic Editor: Fabio Farinati
Copyright © 2012 Behrooz Ataei et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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