Chromomycosis: Case Reports of Exuberant Forms Including Carcinomatous Degeneration
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1553-6203
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2019.15.23