Tunga penetrans: Painful lesions on the feet - The first imported case from Guinea-Bissau

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rosmaninho, A ^a   Vilaca S ^a   Costa, V ^a   Sarmento, A ^b   Amorim, I ^a   Selores, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84856069932     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/681302     Document Type: Article

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