Fungal infections

Brain Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 613-627

  Chimelli, Leila ^a   Mahler Araújo, Maria Betania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CHROMOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0031047617     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1997.tb01078.x     Document Type: Review

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