Mycology - an update. Part 1: Dermatomycoses: Causative agents, epidemiology and pathogenesis
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عنوان ژورنال: JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1610-0379
DOI: 10.1111/ddg.12245