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. 2007 Feb;56(2):306-7.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.108860.

Hepatitis C virus RNA quantitation and degradation studies in whole blood samples in vitro

J Watson, S Graves, J Ferguson, C D'Este, R Batey

Hepatitis C virus RNA quantitation and degradation studies in whole blood samples in vitro

J Watson et al. Gut. 2007 Feb.
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