Successful treatment of fulminant hepatitis C by therapy with alpha interferon and ribavirin.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 01, 2005

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Ming-Lung Yu, Nai-Jen Hou, Chia-Yen Dai, Wen-Yu Chang, Wan-Long Chuang

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