Hepatitis C in the elderly: epidemiology, natural history, and treatment

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Hepatitis C in the elderly: epidemiology, natural history, and treatment is …
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P356DOI10.1016/J.CGH.2008.07.017
P932PMC publication ID2950699
P698PubMed publication ID19084480
P5875ResearchGate publication ID23665278

P2093author name stringRam R Miller
Ayse L Mindikoglu
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P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjecthepatitis CQ154869
epidemiologyQ133805
P304page(s)128-34; quiz 124
P577publication date2008-12-12
P1433published inClinical Gastroenterology and HepatologyQ5133759
P1476titleHepatitis C in the elderly: epidemiology, natural history, and treatment
P478volume7

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