Acute hepatitis C: a multifaceted disease.

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Published in Semin Liver Dis on February 01, 2005

Authors

Theo Heller1, Barbara Rehermann

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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