Adherence molecules in pathogenic fungi

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Hostetter, Margaret K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SHORT SURVEY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030035373     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199606000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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