Economic burden associated with patients diagnosed with hepatitis C.

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Published in Clin Ther on August 12, 2011

Authors

Jeffrey S McCombs1, Yong Yuan, Janet Shin, Sammy Saab

Author Affiliations

1: School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089-9004, USA. jmccombs@usc.edu

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