Response to interferon-alpha 2a in patients with e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B.

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Published in J Clin Gastroenterol on September 01, 1997

Authors

M Kako1, K Kanai, T Aikawa, S Iwabuchi, Y Takehira, T Kawasaki, H Tsubouchi, K Hino, F Tsuda, H Okamoto, Y Miyakawa, M Mayumi

Author Affiliations

1: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University Hospital at Mizonokuchi, Japan.

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