Cellular immune response of patients with chromoblastomycosis undergoing antifungal therapy
✍ Scribed by Viviane Mazo Fávero Gimenes; Paulo Ricardo Criado; José Eduardo Costa Martins; Sandro Rogério Almeida
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Volume
- 162
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-486X
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