Highly pleomorphic staphylococci as a cause of cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Wainwright, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCINOGENESIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034017948     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0827     Document Type: Article

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