Triple Therapy with First Generation Protease Inhibitors for Hepatitis C Markedly Impairs Function of Neutrophil Granulocytes

• Walter Spindelboeck ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Spindelboeck, Angela Horvath

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Angela Horvath ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Spindelboeck, Angela Horvath

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Monika Tawdrous,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Bianca Schmerböck,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Gabriele Zettel,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Andreas Posch,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Andrea Streit,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Petra Jurse,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Sandra Lemesch,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Martin Horn,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Gerit Wuensch,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Philipp Stiegler,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Rudolf E. Stauber,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Bettina Leber ,

  * E-mail: bettina.leber@medunigraz.at

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Vanessa Stadlbauer

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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