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Hepatitis C Update and Expanding the Role of Primary Care
Gina M. Simoncini and David E. Koren
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2019, 32 (3) 428-430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.180286
Gina M. Simoncini
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (GMS); Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (DEK).
David E. Koren
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (GMS); Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (DEK).

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Hepatitis C Update and Expanding the Role of Primary Care
Gina M. Simoncini, David E. Koren
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2019, 32 (3) 428-430; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.180286
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