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    Hepatology: Volume 29, Issue 3

    621-998
    March 1999
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Concise Review

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Homeostatic control of angiogenesis: A newly identified function of the liver?

Bruno Clément Ph.D.,  Orlando Musso,  Jocelyne Liétard,  Nathalie Théret, 
  • Pages: 621-623
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

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Anti-idiotypic antibodies to anti–PDC-E2 in primary biliary cirrhosis and normal subjects

Qiao-yi Chen,  Merrill J. Rowley,  Ian R. Mackay, 
  • Pages: 624-631
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: Short-term and long-term effects on hepatic and systemic hemodynamics in patients with Cirrhosis

Erich Lotterer,  Arthur Wengert,  Wolfgang E. Fleig M.D., 
  • Pages: 632-639
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Elevated circulating cardiac troponin I in patients with cirrhosis

Dominique Pateron,  Pascale Beyne,  Thierry Laperche,  Damien Logeard,  Pascale Lefilliatre,  Philippe Sogni,  Richard Moreau,  Philippe Langlet,  Annie Elman,  Jacques Bernuau,  Dominique Valla,  Serge Erlinger,  Didier Lebrec, 
  • Pages: 640-643
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Long-term ursodeoxycholic acid delays histological progression in primary biliary cirrhosis

Paul Angulo,  Kenneth P. Batts,  Terry M. Therneau,  Roberta A. Jorgensen,  E. Rolland Dickson,  Keith D. Lindor M.D., 
  • Pages: 644-647
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Cerebral herniation in patients with acute E liver failure is correlated with arterial ammonia concentration

Jens Otto Clemmesen,  Fin Stolze Larsen,  Jens Kondrup,  Bent Adel Hansen,  Peter Ott, 
  • Pages: 648-653
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Chronic unexplained hypertransaminasemia may be caused by occult celiac disease

Maria Teresa Bardella M.D.,  Maurizio Vecchi,  Dario Conte,  Ersilio Del Ninno,  Mirella Fraquelli,  Stefania Pacchetti,  Eliseo Minola,  Marina Landoni,  Bruno Mario Cesana,  Roberto De Franchis, 
  • Pages: 654-657
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, a sensitive marker of chronic alcohol abuse, is highly influenced by body iron

Tullia Maria De Feo,  Silvia Fargion,  Lorena Duca,  Michela Mattioli,  Maria Domenica Cappellini,  Maurizio Sampietro,  Bruno Mario Cesana,  Gemino Fiorelli, 
  • Pages: 658-663
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Cryptogenic cirrhosis: Clinical characterization and risk factors for underlying disease

Stephen H. Caldwell,  David H. Oelsner,  Julia C. Iezzoni,  Elizabeth E. Hespenheide,  Emily H. Battle,  Carolyn J. Driscoll, 
  • Pages: 664-669
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Role of C-kitreceptor tyrosine kinase in development of oval cells in the rat 2-acetylaminofluorene/partial hepatectomy model

Satoshi Matsusaka,  Tohru Tsujimura M.D., Ph.D.,  Akihiro Toyosaka,  Keiji Nakasho,  Ayako Sugihara,  Eizo Okamoto,  Kunio Uematsu,  Nobuyuki Terada, 
  • Pages: 670-676
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Tumor necrosis factor increases mitochondrial oxidant production and induces expression of uncoupling protein-2 in the regenerating rat liver

F. Y. Janet Lee,  Yunbo Li,  Hong Zhu,  ShiQi Yang,  Hui Zhi Lin,  Michael Trush,  Anna Mae Diehl M.D., 
  • Pages: 677-687
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in human hepatocellular carcinoma: Relevance to tumor dedifferentiation

Hironori Koga M.D.,  Shotaro Sakisaka,  Masahito Ohishi,  Takumi Kawaguchi,  Eitaro Taniguchi,  Kurumi Sasatomi,  Masaru Harada,  Taku Kusaba,  Masatoshi Tanaka,  Rina Kimura,  Yutaka Nakashima,  Osamu Nakashima,  Masamichi Kojiro,  Toshihiko Kurohiji,  Michio Sata, 
  • Pages: 688-696
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Ap53genetic polymorphism as a modulator of hepatocellular carcinoma risk in relation to chronic liver disease, familial tendency, and cigarette smoking in hepatitis B carriers

Ming-Whei Yu,  Shi-Yi Yang,  Yueh-Hsia Chiu,  Yi-Ching Chiang,  Yun-Fan Liaw,  Chien-Jen Chen, 
  • Pages: 697-702
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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DNA hypermethylation at the D17S5 locus and reduced HIC-1mRNA expression are associated with hepatocarcinogenesis

Yae Kanai,  Ai-Min Hui,  Lin Sun,  Saori Ushijima,  Michiie Sakamoto,  Hitoshi Tsuda,  Setsuo Hirohashi M.D., 
  • Pages: 703-709
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Endothelial cells lining transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic shunts originate in hepatic sinusoids: Implications for pseudointimal hyperplasia

Arun J. Sanyal M.D.,  Faridoddin Mirshahi, 
  • Pages: 710-718
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Suppressive effects of estradiol on dimethylnitrosamine-induced fibrosis of the liver in rats

Mitugi Yasuda,  Ichiro Shimizu,  Masako Shiba,  Susumu Ito, 
  • Pages: 719-727
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Inhibition of macrophages with gadolinium chloride alters intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in the liver during acute endotoxemia in rats

Nosheen Ahmad,  Carol R. Gardner,  Edward J. Yurkow,  Debra L. Laskin, 
  • Pages: 728-736
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Glycine and uridine prevent d-galactosamine hepatotoxicity in the rat: Role of kupffer cells

Robert F. Stachlewitz,  Vitor Seabra,  Blair Bradford,  Cynthia A. Bradham,  Ivan Rusyn,  Dori Germolec,  Ronald G. Thurman Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 737-745
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Liver-associated lymphocytes expressing NK1.1 are essential for oral immune tolerance induction in a murine model

Shivti Trop,  Dimitri Samsonov,  Israel Gotsman,  Ruslana Alper,  Judith Diment,  Yaron Ilan M.D., 
  • Pages: 746-755
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Gadolinium blocks rat kupffer cell calcium channels: Relevance to calcium-dependent prostaglandin E2 synthesis and septic mortality

Claude R. Roland,  Bashoo Naziruddin,  T. Mohanakumar,  M. Wayne Flye M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 756-765
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and lymphocyte function–associated antigen-1 during nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis in a mouse graft-versus-host disease model

Charles D. Howell M.D.,  Jian Li,  Weiran Chen, 
  • Pages: 766-776
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Peroxynitrite formation during rat hepatic allograft rejection

Yasuo Yamaguchi,  Kazutoshi Okabe,  Fujio Matsumura,  Eiji Akizuki,  Teishi Matsuda,  Hajime Ohshiro,  Jian Liang,  Shinwa Yamada,  Katsutaka Mori,  Michio Ogawa M.D., 
  • Pages: 777-784
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Interleukin-2–activated natural killer cells can induce both apoptosis and necrosis in rat hepatocytes

W. Marty Blom,  Hans J. G. M. De Bont,  Irma Meijerman,  Peter J. K. Kuppen,  Gerard J. Mulder,  J. Fred Nagelkerke Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 785-792
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Altered microtubule-associated tau messenger RNA isoform expression in livers of griseofulvin- and 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine–treated mice

Lukas Kenner,  Kurt Zatloukal,  Cornelia Stumptner,  Robert Eferl,  Helmut Denk, 
  • Pages: 793-800
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Epi-illumination fluorescent light microscopy for the in vivo study of rat hepatic microvascular response to cryothermia

Gerhard Schüder,  Brigitte Vollmar,  Sven Richter,  Georg Pistorius,  Michael Fehringer,  Gernot Feifel,  Michael D. Menger, 
  • Pages: 801-808
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatoprotective effect of endogenous nitric oxide during ischemia-reperfusion in the rat

Charles-Henry Cottart,  Louis Do,  Marie-Céline Blanc,  Michel Vaubourdolle,  Geneviève Descamps,  Dominique Durand,  François-Xavier Galen,  Jean-Pierre Clot Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 809-813
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Changes in the localization of the rat canalicular conjugate export pump mrp2 in phalloidin-induced cholestasis

Daniel Rost M.D.,  Jürgen Kartenbeck,  Dietrich Keppler, 
  • Pages: 814-821
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Features of alagille syndrome in 92 patients: Frequency and relation to prognosis

Karan M. Emerick,  Elizabeth B. Rand,  Elizabeth Goldmuntz,  Ian D. Krantz,  Nancy B. Spinner M.D.,  David A. Piccoli, 
  • Pages: 822-829
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Correction of hypozincemia following liver transplantation in children is associated with reduced urinary zinc loss

Michael R. Narkewicz B290, 1056 East 19th Ave.,  Nancy Krebs,  Frederick Karrer,  Kathy Orban-Eller,  Ronald J. Sokol, 
  • Pages: 830-833
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The human p53 gene mutated at position 249 per se is not sufficient to immortalize human liver cells

Claudia Schleger,  Roger Becker,  Franz Oesch,  Pablo Steinberg, 
  • Pages: 834-838
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Control of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 promoter in culture-activated rat hepatic stellate cells: Regulation by activator protein-1 DNA binding proteins

Matthias J. Bahr,  Karen J. Vincent,  Michael J. P. Arthur,  Andrew V. Fowler,  David E. Smart,  Matthew C. Wright,  Ian M. Clark,  R. Christopher Benyon,  John P. Iredale,  Derek A. Mann r1">Address reprint requests to: Dr Derek A. Mann Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 839-848
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Glucocorticoid receptor down-Regulates c-jun amino terminal kinases induced by tumor necrosis factor α in fetal rat hepatocyte primary cultures

Juan-José Ventura,  César Roncero,  Isabel Fabregat,  Manuel Benito, 
  • Pages: 849-857
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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A histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, suppresses myofibroblastic differentiation of rat hepatic stellate cells in primary culture

Toshiro Niki,  Krista Rombouts,  Pieter De Bleser,  Karen De Smet,  Vera Rogiers,  Detlef Schuppan,  Minoru Yoshida,  Giulio Gabbiani,  Albert Geerts, 
  • Pages: 858-867
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Functions of the fibrinolytic system in human ito cells and its control by basic fibroblast and platelet-derived growth factor

Gabriella Fibbi,  Marco Pucci,  Cecilia Grappone,  Giulia Pellegrini,  Renata Salzano,  Alessandro Casini,  Stefano Milani,  Mario Del Rosso, 
  • Pages: 868-878
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Liver resection and needle liver biopsy cause hematogenous dissemination of liver cells

Malek Louha,  Jérome Nicolet,  Herve Zylberberg,  Abdelmajid Sabile,  Corinne Vons,  Giovanna Vona,  Karine Poussin,  Monique Tournebize,  Frédérique Capron,  Stanislas Pol,  Dominique Franco,  Bernard Lacour,  Christian Bréchot,  Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot r1">Address reprint requests to: P. Paterlini Bréchot M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 879-882
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Chronic liver disease in central harlem: The role of alcohol and viral hepatitis

Thomas R. Frieden,  Lisa Ozick,  Colin McCord,  Omana V. Nainan,  Sara Workman,  Gail Comer,  Tai Ping Lee,  Kwan-Soo Byun,  Dhiren Patel,  Kelly J. Henning, 
  • Pages: 883-888
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Efficacy of lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B e antigen–negative/hepatitis B virus DNA–positive (precore mutant) chronic hepatitis befficacy of lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B e antigen–negative/hepatitis B virus DNA–positive (precore mutant) chronic hepatitis befficacy of lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B e antigen–negative/hepatitis B virus DNA–positive (precore mutant) chronic hepatitis befficacy of lamivudine in patients with hepatitis B e antigen–negative/hepatitis B virus DNA–positive (precore mutant) chronic hepatitis BB

Nicolaos C. Tassopoulos M.D.,  Riccardo Volpes,  Giuseppe Pastore,  Jenny Heathcote,  Maria Buti,  Robert D. Goldin,  Sasha Hawley,  Judy Barber,  Lynn Condreay,  D. Fraser Gray, 
  • Pages: 889-896
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Relationship of the genomic complexity of hepatitis C virus with liver disease severity and response to interferon in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1b interferon

Francesc-Xavier López-Labrador,  Sergi Ampurdanès,  Mireia Giménez-Barcons,  Magdalena Guilera,  Josep Costa,  María Teresa Jiménez de Anta,  Jose M. Sánchez-Tapias,  Juan Rodés,  Juan-Carlos Sáiz, 
  • Pages: 897-903
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Viral load and clinicopathological features of chronic hepatitis C (1b) in a homogeneous patient population

Liam Fanning,  Elizabeth Kenny,  Margaret Sheehan,  Bridin Cannon,  Michael Whelton,  Joe O'Connell,  J. Kevin Collins,  Fergus Shanahan, 
  • Pages: 904-907
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Persistence of viremia and the importance of long-term follow-up after acute hepatitis C infection

Stephen A. Villano,  David Vlahov,  Kenrad E. Nelson,  Sylvia Cohn,  David L. Thomas M.D., 
  • Pages: 908-914
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatitis B virus X protein transactivates the inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter

Maria José Amaro,  Javier Bartolomé,  Vicente Carreño M.D., 
  • Pages: 915-923
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Twelve-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial of hepatitis b recombinant DNA yeast vaccine versus plasma-derived vaccine without booster doses in children

Man-Fung Yuen,  Wei-Ling Lim,  Chi-Chung Cheng,  Shiu-Kam Lam,  Ching-Lung Lai, 
  • Pages: 924-927
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Occult lifelong persistence of infectious hepadnavirus and residual liver inflammation in woodchucks convalescent from acute viral hepatitis

Tomasz I. Michalak M.D., Ph.D.,  Ingrid U. Pardoe,  Carla S. Coffin,  Norma D. Churchill,  Dion S. Freake,  Paula Smith,  Colleen L. Trelegan, 
  • Pages: 928-938
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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YMDD motif in hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase influences on replication and lamivudine resistance: A study by in vitrofull-length viral DNA transfection

Suzane Kioko Ono-Nita,  Naoya Kato M.D.,  Yasushi Shiratori,  Tsutomu Masaki,  Keng-Hsin Lan,  Flair José Carrilho,  Masao Omata, 
  • Pages: 939-945
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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High prevalence of 1762T 1764A mutations in the basic core promoter of hepatitis B virus isolated from black africans with hepatocellular carcinoma compared with asymptomatic carriers

Marina Baptista,  Anna Kramvis,  Michael C. Kew M.D., 
  • Pages: 946-953
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Long-term response to hepatitis B vaccination and response to booster in children born to mothers with hepatitis B e antigen

Li-Min Huang,  Bor-Luen Chiang,  Chin-Yun Lee M.D., Ph.D.,  Ping-Ing Lee,  Wei-Kuang Chi,  Mei-Hwei Chang, 
  • Pages: 954-959
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Transforming growth factor β1 induces the expression of α1(i) procollagen mRNA by a hydrogen peroxide-C/EBPβ-dependent mechanism in rat hepatic stellate cells

Elena R. García-Trevijano,  María J. Iraburu,  Luis Fontana,  José A. Domínguez-Rosales,  Anitra Auster,  Amador Covarrubias-Pinedo,  Marcos Rojkind M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 960-970
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Long-term beneficial effect of interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Shi-Ming Lin,  I-Shyan Sheen,  Rong-Nan Chien,  Chia-Ming Chu,  Yun-Fan Liaw M.D., 
  • Pages: 971-975
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Different hepatitis b virus genotypes are associated with different mutations in the core promoter and precore regions during hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion

Henry L. Y. Chan,  Munira Hussain,  Anna S. F. Lok M.D., 
  • Pages: 976-984
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Rapid Communication

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Zidovudine (AZT) causes an oxidation of mitochondrial DNA in mouse liver

José García de la Asunción,  María L. del Olmo,  Juan Sastre,  Federico V. Pallardó,  José Viña, 
  • Pages: 985-987
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Editorial

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Sex and hepatic fibrosis

D. Montgomery Bissell M.D., 
  • Pages: 988-989
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Elsewhere

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Is CD81 the key to hepatitis C virus entry?

Charles M. Rice, 
  • Pages: 990-992
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Elsewher

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Mother-infant hepatitis C transmission: Second generation research

David L. Thomas, 
  • Pages: 992-993
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Correspondence

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Genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus in São Paulo, Brazil: Rare subtype found

Leda Bassit,  Gabriela Ribeiro-Dos-Santos,  Luiz C. Da Silva,  Kioko Takei,  Paula Villaça,  Elias David-Neto,  Dalton Chamone,  Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar, 
  • Pages: 994-995
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Liver failure in protoporphyria: Long-term treatment with oral charcoal

Abel Gorchein,  Graham R. Foster, 
  • Pages: 995-996
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Resistance of hepatitis B to antiviral agents

Karl P. Fischer, 
  • Page: 996
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Quantification of serum hepatitis C virus RNA

Jane W.S. Fang,  Janice K. Albrecht,  Sheila Jacobs,  Johnson Y.N. Lau, 
  • Pages: 997-998
  • First Published: 30 December 2003