Culture and Identification of Dermatophytes

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 33-38

  Larone, Davise H ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 0003105033     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(96)80001-8     Document Type: Article

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