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Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(05): 1385-1386
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649950
Letter To The Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Hepatitis E Virus: No Evidence of Parenteral Transmission in Finland

Pirkko Pohjanpelto
1   The Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
,
Freja Ebeling
2   The Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland
,
Vesa Rasi
2   The Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland
,
Hartmut Hampl
3   The Abbott Diagnostics, Wiesbaden, Germany
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Received 23 June 1995

Accepted after revision 20 July 1995

Publication Date:
10 July 2018 (online)

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