Pityriasis Versicolor and Other Malassezia Skin Diseases

Malassezia and the Skin: Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 175-199

  Erchiga, Vicente Crespo ^b   Hay, Roderick J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional University Hospital Carlos Haya   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03616-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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