Curing chronic hepatitis C--the arc of a medical triumph.

N Engl J Med

From the Liver Center, Gastrointestinal Division, and the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School - both in Boston (R.T.C., T.F.B.); and INSERM Unité 1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, Université de Strasbourg; and Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire, Pôle Hépato-digestif, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg - all in Strasbourg, France (T.F.B.).

Published: April 2014

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