Directly acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: unresolved topics from registration trials.

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Published in Dig Liver Dis on June 12, 2012

Authors

Alessio Aghemo1, Elisabetta Degasperi, Massimo Colombo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, AM Migliavacca Center for Liver Diseases and First Division of Gastroenterology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

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