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Children with hepatitis C

  1. Maureen M. Jonas M.D.*

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360722

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Hepatology

Supplement: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference

Volume 36, Issue Supplement 1, pages S173–S178, November 2002

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Jonas, M. M. (2002), Children with hepatitis C. Hepatology, 36: S173–S178. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360722

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital Boston; and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

*Division of Gastroenterology. Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. fax: 617–739–5871

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