Gastrointestinal distribution of Candida albicans in orally infected infant mice: SEM studies

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 223-224, 1997, Pages 159-170

  Abu Elteen, Khaled H ^a  

^a AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Infant mice; Saccharides; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031330935     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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