The leishmaniasis model

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue C, 2010, Pages 307-328

  Kropf, Pascale ^a   Kadolsky, Ulrich D ^a   Rogers, Matthew ^a   Cloke, Thomas E ^a   Müller, Ingrid ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957734869     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0580-9517(10)37013-9     Document Type: Book

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