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Posttransfusional, LKM-1-autoantibody-positive hepatitis C virus infection, cryoglobulinemia, and aplastic anemia

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    Malte Peters MD, Martin Trippler MD, Hanns Löhr MD, Werner Gödderz MD, Wolfgang Herr MD, Stefan Störkel MD, Karl-Hermann Meyer Zum Büschenfelde MD, PhD &  Guido Gerken MD

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Peters, M., Trippler, M., Löhr, H. et al. Posttransfusional, LKM-1-autoantibody-positive hepatitis C virus infection, cryoglobulinemia, and aplastic anemia. Digest Dis Sci 40, 763–773 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02064977

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