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Health-related quality of life before, during and after combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin in unselected Swedish patients with chronic hepatitis C

Anna Hollander Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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Graham R. Foster Hepatobiliary Group, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Science, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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Ola Weiland Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 577-585 | Received 04 Apr 2005, Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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