Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: An emerging disease

Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages s88-s93

  Lee, Ho Wang ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hantaan virus; Hantavirus; Nephritis; Puumala virus; Seoul virus; Sin Nombre virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842536528     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1996.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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