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Clinical Study

Acute Hepatitis C in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

I. Griveas Nephrology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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G. Germanidis Gastrenterology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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G. Visvardis Nephrology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Y. Morice Hospital Henri Mondor, University Paris XII, Paris, France
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A.S. Perelson Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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J.M. Pawlotsky Hospital Henri Mondor, University Paris XII, Paris, France
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D. Papadopoulou Nephrology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Pages 731-736 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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