Influence of alcohol use, race, and viral coinfections on spontaneous HCV clearance in a US veteran population.

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Published in Hepatology on October 01, 2004

Authors

Barbara A Piasecki1, James D Lewis, K Rajender Reddy, Scarlett L Bellamy, Steven B Porter, Robert M Weinrieb, Donald D Stieritz, Kyong-Mi Chang

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Barbara_piasecki@yahoo.com

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