Pretreatment serum microRNA-122 is not predictive for treatment response in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
β Scribed by Oliver Waidmann; Verena Bihrer; Bernd Kronenberger; Stefan Zeuzem; Albrecht Piiper; Nicole Forestier
- Book ID
- 119230042
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-8658
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