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Table of Content - Volume 6 Issue 2 - May 2017


 

Acute fulminant Hepatitis B treated with entecavir

 

Jayvirsinh Atodariya1, Virendra C Patil2*, Tejas Rane3, Sandeep Patil4

 

{1Department of Medicine} {2Department of Gastroenterology} Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Deemed university, Karad, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: drtejasrane@gmail.com

 

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