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It is also important that consumers rely on the advice of a healthcare professional to employ good clinical judgment for the specific conditions of individual patients. No use of, or reliance on, any materials included in this site shall be deemed to give rise to a physician-patient relationship.

The Hepatitis B Foundation in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Health Science Center (UNM HSC) intends for the information contained in this site to be accurate. Public education materials contained in this site have been reviewed and approved by the site's medical editor. However, errors sometimes occur. Therefore, the Hepatitis B Foundaion disclaims any warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, as to any matter whatsoever relating to this service. The UNM HSC does not assume and hereby disclaims any and all liability to any person or entity for any claims, damages, liability or other loss including, without limitation, any liability for injury or other damage resulting from any use of or reliance on this service or from the posting of any content or material by any third party.

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Permission is hereby granted to (1) print copies of the materials for which the Hepatitis B Foundation holds the copyright  and to otherwise display the Hepatitis B Foundation content, (2) include a link to the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of this site to HTML documents which you prepare, and (3) to use the Hepatitis B Foundation content subject to the following conditions:
• Such use is by computer using HTML browser software;
• Such use is solely for personal and noncommercial use and only for informational purposes;
• Users do not make any profit from the Hepatitis B Foundation content in any way (i.e., by selling or charging for same) unless the express written permission of the Hepatitis B Foundation is first obtained; and
• Any copying or quoting of the Hepatitis B Foundation content must be accompanied by the following copyright notice: "© Copyright the Hepatitis B Foundation. All rights reserved."

Except as stated herein, no portion of the materials included in this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, whether by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the Hepatitis B Foundation.

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