Acute hepatitis C: high rate of both spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance.

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Published in Gastroenterology on July 01, 2003

Authors

J Tilman Gerlach1, Helmut M Diepolder, Reinhart Zachoval, Norbert H Gruener, Maria-Christina Jung, Axel Ulsenheimer, Winfried W Schraut, C Albrecht Schirren, M Waechtler, M Backmund, Gerd R Pape

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Department II, Klinikum Grosshadern and Institute for Immunology, Schwabing, Munich, Germany. Tgerlach@med2.med.uni-muenchen.de

Associated clinical trials:

Timing and Duration of Acute Hepatitis C Treatment | NCT00241618

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