Prague Med. Rep. 2023, 124, 94-107

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2023.8

The Neuropsychiatric Aspect of the Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Tatyana Vasiliyevna Polukchi1,2, Gulzhan Narkenovna Abuova2, Yelena Alekseevna Slavko1

1Department of Gastroenterology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
2Department of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenerology, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan

Received December 12, 2022
Accepted April 18, 2023

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