Incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Chile.

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Published in Ann Hepatol on July 12, 2005

Authors

Robinson González1, Alejandro Soza, Verónica Hernández, Rosa M Pérez, Manuel Alvarez, Arturo Morales, Marco Arellano, Arnoldo Riquelme, Paola Viviani, Carmen Covarrubias, Marco Arrese, Juan Francisco Miquel, Flavio Nervi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

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