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. 1996 May 25;312(7042):1349–1350. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7042.1349

Screening asymptomatic people at high risk for hepatitis C. The case against.

M C Allison 1, P R Mills 1
PMCID: PMC2350998  PMID: 8646053

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