The pathology of diphtheria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Hadfield, Ted L ^a   McEvoy, Peter ^a   Polotsky, Yury ^b   Tzinserling, Vsevolod A ^c   Yakovlev, Alexey A ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SAINT PETERSBURG STATE PEDIATRIC MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; LARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; TONSIL; TOXICITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; USSR;

ADULT; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; USSR;

EID: 0034051194     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315551     Document Type: Article

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