New paradigms in infectious eye disease: adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis.
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1 The Molecular Pathogenesis of Eye Infection Research Center, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Departments of Ophthalmology. 2 The Molecular Pathogenesis of Eye Infection Research Center, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Departments of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology, and Microbiology & Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. E-mail: [email protected] EDITORIAL
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia
دوره 81 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006