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Sexual activity as a risk factor for hepatitis C

  1. Norah A. Terrault M.D., M.P.H.†*

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360713

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Supplement: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference

Volume 36, Issue Supplement 1, pages S99–S105, November 2002

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Terrault, N. A. (2002), Sexual activity as a risk factor for hepatitis C. Hepatology, 36: S99–S105. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360713

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  1. Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

  1. †

    Terrault is a consultant to or has received research grants from the Schering Plough Research Institute, Hoffmann-La Roche, InterMune, STL Biopharmaceuticals, and Bayer Diagnostics

*University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave., Room S357, San Francisco, CA 94143–0538. E-mail: noraht@itsa.ucsf.edu; fax: 415–502–6714

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  1. Issue published online: 10 FEB 2006
  2. Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006

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  • Disease Control and Prevention. Grant Number: U01–DK-60346
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: U50 CCU915651

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