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The treatment of acute post-transfusion hepatitis C with recombinant interferon-alpha

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Palmović, D., Kurelac, I. & Crnjaković-Palmović, J. The treatment of acute post-transfusion hepatitis C with recombinant interferon-alpha. Infection 22, 222–223 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01716714

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