Fungal infections in the transplant recipient and laboratory methods for diagnosis

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 143-146

  LaRocco, Mark T ^a   Burgert, Susan J ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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