Dientamoeba fragilis Infection in Patients with Digestive and Non-Digestive Symptoms: A Case-Control Study

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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Parasitology

سال: 2020

ISSN: 0023-4001,1738-0006

DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2020.58.2.129