Vasculitis associated with levamisole and circulating autoantibodies.
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodPublished 1 October 1996Open access
R Laux‐End, D. Inaebnit, H A Gerber, M G Bianchetti
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In this country the prevalence of HDV infection is not high during childhood, and its prevalence increases with age suggesting that HDVs infection is usually acquired as a superinfection rather than coinfection and vertical transmission is uncommon.
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