Controlled clinical trial to assess the response of recent heroin abusers with chronic hepatitis C virus infection to treatment with interferon alpha-n2b
β Scribed by Sergio Neri; Cosimo M. Bruno; Giuseppe Abate; Dario Ierna; Barbara Mauceri; Danila Cilio; Fabio Bordanaro; Davide Pulvirenti; Claudio Italiano; Luciano Caruso
- Book ID
- 117321241
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 591 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0149-2918
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