163 Variants in Interferon-α Pathway Genes and Response to Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C
✍ Scribed by O'Brien, Thomas R.; Welzel, Tania M.; Bonkovsky, Herbert L.; Chung, Raymond T.; Naishadham, Deepa; Wright, Elizabeth C.; Chanock, Stephen; Morgan, Timothy R.
- Book ID
- 123084643
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 134
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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