Lyme disease associated neuroretinitis — Case report
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Report of a case of Lyme disease in Mazandaran
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1217-8950,1588-2640
DOI: 10.1556/030.62.2015.4.5