Interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis C in patients with hemophilia or von Willebrand's disease in Japan
โ Scribed by Masahide Yoshikawa; Hiroshi Fukui; Hideyuki Kojima; Hitoshi Yoshiji; Takemi Sakamoto; Hiroo Imazu; Toshiya Nakanani; Yoshinobu Matsumura; Shigeki Kuriyama; Junichi Yamao; Masato Uemura; Akira Takaya; Tadasu Tsujii; Midori Shima; Akira Yoshioka
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 484 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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