Failure to respond to interferon-α 2a therapy is associated with increased hepatic iron levels in patients with chronic hepatitis C
✍ Scribed by Fujito Kageyama; Yoshimasa Kobayashi; Gou Murohisa; Erina Shimizu; Fumitaka Suzuki; Masataka Kikuyama; Kenichi Souda; Tsunehisa Kawasaki; Hirotoshi Nakamura
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 694 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4984
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