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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2008; 14(10): 1559-1563
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1559
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1559
Prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies in multitransfused patients with beta-thalassemia
Dimitrios Siagris, Alexandra Kouraklis-Symeonidis, Irini Konstantinidou, Myrto Christofidou, Ioannis Starakis, Alexandra Lekkou, Christos Papadimitriou, Alexandros Blikas, Nicholas Zoumbos, Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza, Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University Hospital, Patras 26504, Greece
Author contributions: Siagris D carried out the statistical analysis of the data and wrote the paper; Kouraklis-Symeonidis A, Konstantinidou I and Zoumbos N treated the beta-thalassemia patients; Starakis I, Lekkou A and Blikas A treated the controls; Christofidou M and Papadimitriou C carried out the virological tests; Labropoulou-Karatza C had the original idea for the study and supervised the study.
Correspondence to: Dimitrios Siagris, Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University Hospital, 4 Tertseti Str, Patras 26442, Greece. dsiagris@altecnet.gr
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Received: September 6, 2007
Revised: January 25, 2008
Published online: March 14, 2008
Revised: January 25, 2008
Published online: March 14, 2008
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