Annual Registry for Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B is Needed for Predicting the Burden of Hepatocellolar Carcinoma in Iran

authors:

avatar Zeinab Fazeli 1 , avatar Mohsen Vahedi 2 , avatar Sara Ashtari 3 , avatar Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi 3 , *

Proteomics Research Center, Students’ Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Department of Health System Research, Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Hepatitis Monthly: Vol.13, issue 2; e8089
published online: February 24, 2013
article type: Letter
received: September 8, 2012
accepted: September 21, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.8089

how to cite: Fazeli Z, Vahedi M, Ashtari S, Pourhoseingholi M A. Annual Registry for Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B is Needed for Predicting the Burden of Hepatocellolar Carcinoma in Iran. Hepat Mon. 2013;13(2):e8089. https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.8089.

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