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Management of hepatitis C genotype 4 in the directly acting antivirals era

Emma Hathorn1, Ahmed M Elsharkawy1

  • 1Liver Unit , University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust , Birmingham , UK.

BMJ Open Gastroenterology
|October 19, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
ANTIVIRAL THERAPYGENOTYPEHEPATITIS C

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