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Editorial
. 2007 Jan 13;334(7584):54-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.576644.80.

Chronic hepatitis C

Kosh Agarwal, Timothy J S Cross, Charles Gore
Editorial

Chronic hepatitis C

Kosh Agarwal et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Antiviral therapy is approved by NICE but too few patients receive it

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: KA has received conference travel support from Roche and Schering Plough. CG is Chief Executive of the Hepatitis C Trust (registered charity 1104279).

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