Hepatitis C: A clinical update

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-23

  Colquhoun, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030060114     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430130020004     Document Type: Review

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