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Infection with GB virus C in female prisoners who were drug abusers in Japan

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  1. Medical Care Section, Urawa Juvenile Classification Home, Ministry of Justice, Saitama-Ken

    K. Yui M. D.

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken

    T. Ishiguro M. D.

  3. Immunology Div., Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-Machi, 329-04, Tochigi-Ken, Japan

    H. Okamoto M.D.

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Yui, K., Ishiguro, T. & Okamoto, H. Infection with GB virus C in female prisoners who were drug abusers in Japan. Infection 24, 392 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01716090

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