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Review Article| Volume 43, ISSUE 1, P123-132, February 2017

Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Rheumatic Diseases

The Impact of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents
  • Patrice Cacoub
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83 boulevard de l’hôpital, Paris F-75013, France.
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    Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris F-75005, France

    INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris F-75013, France

    CNRS, FRE3632, Paris F-75005, France

    Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83 boulevard de l’hôpital, Paris F-75013, France
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  • Cloé Commarmond
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    Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris F-75005, France

    INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris F-75013, France

    CNRS, FRE3632, Paris F-75005, France

    Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83 boulevard de l’hôpital, Paris F-75013, France
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  • David Sadoun
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    Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris F-75005, France

    INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris F-75013, France

    CNRS, FRE3632, Paris F-75005, France

    Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83 boulevard de l’hôpital, Paris F-75013, France
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  • Anne Claire Desbois
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    Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris F-75005, France

    INSERM, UMR_S 959, Paris F-75013, France

    CNRS, FRE3632, Paris F-75005, France

    Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 83 boulevard de l’hôpital, Paris F-75013, France
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Published:October 22, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2016.09.011

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