Host and viral factors contributing to CD8+ T cell failure in hepatitis C virus infection.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on September 28, 2007

Authors

Christoph Neumann-Haefelin1, Hans-Christian Spangenberg, Hubert-E Blum, Robert Thimme

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany. christoph.neumann-haefelin@uniklinik-freiburg.de

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