Diphtheria and Other Corynebacteria Infections

Goldman's Cecil Medicine: Twenty Fourth Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1832-1835

  Sutter, Roland W ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1604-7.00300-6     Document Type: Chapter

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