Depression and pegylated interferon-based hepatitis C treatment
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Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
1Department of Gastroenterology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara 259-1193, Japan 2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1509, USA 3Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Interferon, Cytokine and Mediator Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1179-139X
DOI: 10.2147/ijicmr.s28901