Other spotted fevers

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-267

  Kaplan, Lawrence I ^a  

^a UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK BITE;

EID: 0029953219     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(96)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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