Introduction: Malassezia yeasts from a historical perspective

Malassezia and the Skin: Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-16

  Hay, Roderick J ^a   Midgley, Gillian ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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