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Bridge over troubled water: Protection against hepatitis C virus persistence?

  1. Robert Thimme M.D.,
  2. Hans-Christian Spangenberg M.D.,
  3. Hubert E. Blum M.D.

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360631

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1537–1539, December 2002

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Thimme, R., Spangenberg, H.-C. and Blum, H. E. (2002), Bridge over troubled water: Protection against hepatitis C virus persistence?. Hepatology, 36: 1537–1539. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360631

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  1. Department of Medicine II University Hospital Freiburg Freiburg, Germany

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