Monitoring of patients at risk for invasive fungal infections

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Viviani, M A ^a   Tortorano, A M ^a   Pregliasco, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised hosts; Invasive mycoses; Mycological surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844396751     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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