Demodex musculi in the Skin of Transgenic Mice

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 13-18

  Hill, Lori R ^a   Kille, Pam S ^a   Weiss, Dale A ^a   Craig, Thomas M ^b   Coghlan, Lezlee G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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