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Hepatitis C virus eradication in intravenous drug users maintained with subcutaneous naltrexone implants

✍ Scribed by Gary P. Jeffrey; Gerry MacQuillan; Fern Chua; Sam Galhenage; Judith Bull; Emma Young; Gary Hulse; George O'Neil

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 150 KB
Volume: 45
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21470

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