Pegylated interferon-alpha, ribavirin, and rituximab combined therapy of hepatitis C virus-related mixed cryoglobulinemia: a long-term study.

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Published in Blood on March 22, 2010

Authors

Franco Dammacco1, Felicia Anna Tucci, Gianfranco Lauletta, Pietro Gatti, Valli De Re, Vincenza Conteduca, Silvia Sansonno, Sabino Russi, Maria Addolorata Mariggiò, Maria Chironna, Domenico Sansonno

Author Affiliations

1: Sections of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy. francodam@dimo.uniba.it

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