Raised serum ferritin predicts non-response to interferon and ribavirin treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.

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Published in Liver on June 01, 2002

Authors

S Distante1, K Bjøro, K B Hellum, B Myrvang, J P Berg, K Skaug, N Raknerud, H Bell

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1: Hepatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. sonia.distante@ioks.uio.no

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