Pfiesteria, 'the cell from hell,' and other toxic algal nightmares

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1191-1198

  Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033012716     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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