The asteroid body of lobomycosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Rodríguez, Gerzaín ^a,b   Barrera, Gloria Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asteroid body; Histopathology; Lobomycosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDEA; FUNGI; LOBOA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0030438056     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00437498     Document Type: Article

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