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Increased morbidity in acute viral hepatitis with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

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    Ajay K. Jain, Shohini Sircar, Mayank Jain, Sagar Adkar, Chandrashekhar Waghmare & Fatema Chahwala

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Jain, A.K., Sircar, S., Jain, M. et al. Increased morbidity in acute viral hepatitis with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Indian J Gastroenterol 32, 133–134 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-012-0226-9

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