Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 657-665 , April 2008

Environmental factors as disease accelerators during chronic hepatitis C

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☆ The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript. This work was supported by Inserm, the University Paris-Val-de-Marne and by grants of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, the Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale and Sanofi-Aventis. Some of these data were presented at the 42nd EASL Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.01.004

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 657-665 , April 2008

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