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Chronic hepatitis D: A vanishing disease? An Italian multicenter study

  1. Giovanni B. Gaeta1,*,
  2. Tommaso Stroffolini2,
  3. Maria Chiaramonte3,
  4. Tiziana Ascione1,
  5. Gianfranca Stornaiuolo1,
  6. Salvatore Lobello4,
  7. Evangelista Sagnelli1,
  8. Maurizia R. Brunetto5,
  9. Mario Rizzetto6

Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003

DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.17711

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 824–827, October 2000

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Gaeta, G. B., Stroffolini, T., Chiaramonte, M., Ascione, T., Stornaiuolo, G., Lobello, S., Sagnelli, E., Brunetto, M. R. and Rizzetto, M. (2000), Chronic hepatitis D: A vanishing disease? An Italian multicenter study. Hepatology, 32: 824–827. doi: 10.1053/jhep.2000.17711

Author Information

  1. 1

    Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Seconda Università, Napoli, Italy

  2. 2

    Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

  3. 3

    Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di L'Aquila, Italy

  4. 4

    Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

  5. 5

    Dipartimento di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale S. Chiara, Pisa, Italy

  6. 6

    Dipartimento di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Molinette, Torino, Italy

*Istituto Malattie Infettive, Via Cotugno 1, c/o Osp. Gesù e Maria, 80135 Napoli, Italy. fax: (39) 081-5666206

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 DEC 2003
  2. Article first published online: 30 DEC 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 JUL 2000
  4. Manuscript Received: 18 APR 2000

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  • Istituto Superiore di Sanità; Hepatitis Project

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