Viral Hepatitis
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2006; 12(36): 5787-5792
Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5787
Prevalence of autoantibodies and the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease in children with chronic hepatitis C virus infection treated with interferon-α
Stephan Gehring, Ulrike Kullmer, Sabine Koeppelmann, Patrick Gerner, Philip Wintermeyer, Stefan Wirth
Stephan Gehring, The Liver Research Center, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA and Kinderklinik der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Ulrike Kullmer, Sabine Koeppelmann, Kinderklinik der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Patrick Gerner, Philip Wintermeyer, Stefan Wirth, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, HELIOS Klinikum, Wuppertal, Witten-Herdecke-University, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Professor Dr. Stefan Wirth, Children's Hospital, HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Witten-Herdecke University, Heusnerstr. 40, D-42283 Wuppertal, Germany. s-k-wirth@t-online.de
Telephone: +49-202-8963833 Fax: +49-202-8963834
Received: June 6, 2006
Revised: August 5, 2006
Accepted: August 14, 2006
Published online: September 28, 2006
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