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Is HCV RNA analysis at day 7 cost-effective in deciding the duration of therapy in chronic HCV genotype 2/3 infection?

JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY (2011)

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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Volume 54, Issue 4, Pages 835-836

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.09.038

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