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Bio-energetics Investigation of Candida albicans Using Real-time Extracellular Flux Analysis
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Bio-energetics Investigation of Candida albicans Using Real-time Extracellular Flux Analysis

Published on: March 19, 2019

Familial chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis successfully treated with oral ketoconazole

J G Morrison, R Anderson

    South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde
    |February 14, 1981
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