Future trends of HCV-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma under the currently available treatments.

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Published in J Viral Hepat on September 01, 2005

Authors

V Sypsa1, G Touloumi, G V Papatheodoridis, N C Tassopoulos, I Ketikoglou, I Vafiadis, G Hatzis, D Tsantoulas, E Akriviadis, S Koutsounas, A Hatzakis

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1: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.

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