Use of 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Oxidation in the Identification of Mycobacterium leprae.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 01, 1966

Authors

K Prabhakaran1, W F Kirchheimer

Author Affiliations

1: U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville, Louisiana.

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