Direct sputum analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa macrorestriction fragment genotypes in patients with cystic fibrosis
✍ Scribed by Stefanie Breitenstein; Siegbert Walter; Jutta Boßhammer; U. Römling; B. Tümmler
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 186
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8584
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