Typing of Common Dermatophytes by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Zhong, Zhihong ^a,b   Li, Ruoyu ^a,b   Li, Dongmei ^a   Wang, Duanli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; DNA typing; Epidemiology; Random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005925568     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.38.239     Document Type: Article

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