Galactomannan testing

Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 105-124

  Maertens, Johan ^a   Theunissen, Koen ^b   Lagrou, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2408-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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