Interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of relapse of chronic hepatitis C. International Hepatitis Interventional Therapy Group.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 19, 1998

Authors

G L Davis1, R Esteban-Mur, V Rustgi, J Hoefs, S C Gordon, C Trepo, M L Shiffman, S Zeuzem, A Craxi, M H Ling, J Albrecht

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1: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0214, USA.

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