Intestinal microsporidiosis

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-58

  Orenstein, Jan Marc ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0002310157     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-199601000-00050     Document Type: Article

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