Atypical skin lesions caused by Curvularia sp. and Pseudallescheria boydii in two patients after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
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عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703072