Early changes in hepatitis C viral quasispecies during interferon therapy predict the therapeutic outcome.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 05, 2002

Authors

Patrizia Farci1, Rita Strazzera, Harvey J Alter, Stefania Farci, Daniela Degioannis, Alessandra Coiana, Giovanna Peddis, Francesco Usai, Giancarlo Serra, Luchino Chessa, Giacomo Diaz, Angelo Balestrieri, Robert H Purcell

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1: Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy. farcip@pacs.unica.it

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