Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter: The Immunopathology of Chlamydial Infections

Antimicrobics and Infectious Diseases Newsletter

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Stratton, Charles W ^a   Mitchell, William M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0012173673     PISSN: 1069417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1069-417x(00)80037-0     Document Type: Article

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