Management of hepatitis C virus genotype 4: recommendations of an international expert panel.

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Published in J Hepatol on December 08, 2010

Authors

Mahmoud A Khattab1, Peter Ferenci, Stephanos J Hadziyannis, Massimo Colombo, Michael P Manns, Piero L Almasio, Rafael Esteban, Ayman A Abdo, Stephen A Harrison, Nazir Ibrahim, Patrice Cacoub, Mohammed Eslam, Samuel S Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minia, Egypt. mkhattabmed@hotmail.com

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