Congenital toxoplasmosis. A disease with too many questions;Toxoplasmosis congénita. Una enfermedad con demasiados interrogantes

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-117

  Del Castillo Martin F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4944254929     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13064588     Document Type: Editorial

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