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Hepatitis C virus infection was not found in patients with sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis or membranous glomerulonephritis in Northern Norway

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Pages 894-896 | Received 30 Jan 2009, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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