Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 945950, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/945950
Review Article
Rituximab-Based Treatment, HCV Replication, and Hepatic Flares
1Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Public Medicine, Second University of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy
2Division of Infectious Diseases, AORN Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano di Caserta, 81100 Caserta, Italy
3Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery “F. Magrassi e A. Lanzara”, Second University of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy
Received 26 April 2012; Accepted 20 June 2012
Academic Editor: Jürg Schifferli
Copyright © 2012 Evangelista Sagnelli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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