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Veerabagu, M.P., Finkelstein, S.D. & Rabinovitz, M. Case Report: Granulomatous Hepatitis in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Treated with Interferon-α. Dig Dis Sci 42, 1445–1448 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018806508474
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