Effect of long-term interferon therapy for refractory chronic hepatitis c: preventive effect on hepatocarcinogenesis.

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Published in Hepatogastroenterology on October 05, 2005

Authors

Yoshimasa Saito1, Hidetsugu Saito, Shinichiro Tada, Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Hitomi Horikawa, Satoshi Kurita, Kumi Kitamura, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Hiromasa Ishii, Toshifumi Hibi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.

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