Expression of Concern for Association of Interleukin 18 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms with HBV Recurrence After Liver Transplantation in Han Chinese Population [Hepat Mon. 2011; 11 (6): e169683]

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Abbas Ali Imani Fooladi

Applied Microbiology Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Editor in Chief of Hepatitis Monthly