Epidemiology of Malassezia-Related Skin Diseases

Malassezia and the Skin: Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-119

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^b   Velegraki, Aristea ^c   Guillot, Jacques ^d   Hadina, Suzana ^e   Cabañes, F Javier ^f  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03616-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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