Thymosin treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a placebo-controlled pilot trial

scientific article published in September 1991

Thymosin treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a placebo-controlled pilot trial is …
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P356DOI10.1002/HEP.1840140302
P698PubMed publication ID1874487

P2093author name stringChung HT
Hoofnagle JH
Appelman HD
Waggoner JG
Shafritz DA
Mutchnick MG
Aragona E
Cummings GD
Gupta TP
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P433issue3
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectplaceboQ269829
chronic hepatitis BQ55779876
chronic hepatitisQ62019625
P304page(s)409-415
P577publication date1991-09-01
P1433published inHepatologyQ15724398
P1476titleThymosin treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a placebo-controlled pilot trial
P478volume14

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