Mar 1, 2001 - kit (AxSYM HBsAg V2 Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park,. IL). ..... Park BC, Han BH, Ahn SY, Lee SW, Lee DH, Lee YN, ... Ahn YO. Strategy for vaccination against hepatitis B in areas with high epidemicity: focus on Korea.
The Korea n J ourna l of Inte rnal Me dic ine Vol. 16, No. 1, Ma rc h, 2001
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