Complete response to interferon-alpha for acute hepatitis C after needlestick injury in a hemodialysis nurse
✍ Scribed by Jean-Louis Poignet; Françoise Degos; Françoise Bouchardeau; Philippe Chauveau; Anne Marie Courouce
- Book ID
- 119135804
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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