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Is the periodic repetition of a coagulation check necessary during anti-hepatitis C virus therapy?
  1. F Capra1,
  2. N Nicolini1,
  3. M Franchini2
  1. 1Medicina Interna A, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
  2. 2Servizio di Immunoematologia e Trasfusione, Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona, Verona, Italy
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr M Franchini
    Servizio di Immunoematologia e Trasfusione, Ospedale Policlinico, Piazzale L Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy; mfranchini{at}univr.it

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.091496

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    • Conflict of interest: None declared.