A comparison of three interferon alfa-2b regimens for the long-term treatment of chronic non-a, non-b hepatitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 22, 1995, Pages 1457-1463

  Poynard, Thierry ^a,c   Bedossa, Pierre ^b,c   Chevallier, Michèle ^d   Mathurin, Philippe ^c   Lemonnier, Catherine ^e   Trepo, Christian ^f   Couzigou, Patrice ^g   Payen, Jean Louis ^h   Sajus, Marc ^c   Costa, Jean Marc ^c,i   Vidaud, Michel ^c,i   Chaput, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Service de Pharmacie   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^g HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h Department of Epidemiology   (France)

ⁱ AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

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EID: 0029054011     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199506013322201     Document Type: Article

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