Ultrastructural Study of Acanthamoeba polyphaga Trophozoites and Cysts Treated In Vitro with Cationic Carbosilane Dendrimers
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmaceutics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1999-4923
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060565