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A Randomized Controlled Open Study of Interferon Alpha-2b Treatment of Chronic IMon-A, Non-B Posttransfusion Hepatitis: No Correlation of Outcome to Presence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies

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Pages 617-625 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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