Innate immunity in pathogenesis and treatment of dermatomycosis

Combating Fungal Infections: Problems and Remedy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 347-371

  Owais, Mohammad ^a   Ansari, Mairaj Ahmed ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Zia, Qamar ^a   Pierard, Gerald ^b   Chauhan, Arun ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12173-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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