Natural history and disease manifestations of hepatitis C infection

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2000, Pages 43-54

  Theodore, D ^a   Fried, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0033992627     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59605-6_3     Document Type: Review

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