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  DDW - Digestive Disease Week 2014
May 16-19, 2015
Washington DC United States
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A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF LDV/SOF+RBV FOR 12 WEEKS VS. LDV/SOF 24 WEEK VS. SOF+SMV 24 WEEKS IN CHC GT1 TE CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS
 
 
  Reported by Jules Levin
DDW 2015 - May 16-19 Wash DC
 
Ahmed, A1; Dieterich, DT2; Park, H3; Saab, S4; Gordon, SC5; Younossi, ZM6

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Assumption validated by national panel of hepatologists.

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4.Assumption validated by a national panel of hepatologists.
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