Antiviral effect of interferon in patients with chronic hepatitis C who were treated with short term(4-6 weeks) interferon.
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عنوان ژورنال: Kanzo
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0451-4203,1881-3593
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.32.243