Aspergillosis: Mechanisms of pathogenicity implicated and approach to laboratory diagnosis;Aspergilosis: Mecanismos de patogenicidad implicados y aproximación al diagnóstico de laboratorio

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-15

  Blanco, José Luis ^a   Guedeja Marrón, Javier ^a   Caballero, Jesús ^a   García, Marta Eulalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Immunodiagnosis; Pathogenicity; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008717213     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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