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Interferon-free treatment for genotypes 2 and 3 patients with hepatitis C
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  1. Nowlan Selvapatt1,
  2. Philip Hendy2
  1. 1Department of Hepatology, Imperial College Healthcare, London, UK
  2. 2IBD Unit, St Mark's Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philip Hendy, IBD Unit, St Mark's Hospitaql, Watford Rd, Harrow, London HA1 3UJ, UK; philiphendy14{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2014-100494

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    ▸ Jacobson IM, Gordon SC, Kowdley KV, et al. Sofosbuvir for hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3 in Patients without Treatment Options. N Engl J Med 2013;368:1867–77.

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