Blood group, secretor status and susceptibility to bacterial meningitis
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02420.x