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J Caring Sci. 2016;5(1): 57-66. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2016.006
PMID: 26989666        PMCID: PMC4794545

Original Research

Psychological Reactions among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: a Qualitative Study

Leila Valizadeh 1, Vahid Zamanzadeh 2, Reza Negarandeh 3, Farhad Zamani 4, Angela Hamidia 5, Ali Zabihi 6 *

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