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10-year follow-up after interferon-α therapy for chronic hepatitis C
Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280430
Copyright © 1998 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Lau, D. T., Kleiner, D. E., Ghany, M. G., Park, Y., Schmid, P. and Hoofnagle, J. H. (1998), 10-year follow-up after interferon-α therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology, 28: 1121–1127. doi: 10.1002/hep.510280430
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- Issue published online: 30 DEC 2003
- Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003
- Manuscript Accepted: 1 JUN 1998
- Manuscript Received: 2 APR 1998
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