Paracoccidioidomycosis in women

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-89

  Severe, Luiz Carlos ^a,b   Roesch, Eliane Würdig ^a   Oliveira, Eliana Almeida ^a   Rocha, Marineide Melo ^a   Londero, Alberto Thomaz ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Microbiologia Clinica   (Brazil)

^b IPD Santa Casa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041749403     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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