Absence of Chlamydia psittaci in ocular adnexal lymphoma from Japanese patients
β Scribed by Masanori Daibata; Yuiko Nemoto; Kazuto Togitani; Atsuki Fukushima; Hisayuki Ueno; Kazunobu Ouchi; Hideto Fukushi; Shosuke Imai; Hirokuni Taguchi
- Book ID
- 108673601
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 132
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1048
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