Fasciola hepatica infection in the United States

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 425-428

  Alatoom, Adnan ^a   Cavuoti, Dominick ^a   Southern, Paul ^a   Gander, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 59849105584     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/MLFFXA77UBBFH4GP     Document Type: Article

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