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Course and outcome of hepatitis C

  1. Jay H. Hoofnagle M.D.*

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360704

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Hepatology

Supplement: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference

Volume 36, Issue Supplement 1, pages S21–S29, November 2002

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Hoofnagle, J. H. (2002), Course and outcome of hepatitis C. Hepatology, 36: S21–S29. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360704

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  1. Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

*Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bldg. 31 Room 9A27, 31 Center Dr., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. fax: 301–480–2675

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