Diagnosis of infectious diseases of the urinary tract

Nephrology and Urology of Small Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 241-252

  Littman, Meryl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85100620855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118785546.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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