Role of bacterial and host factors in infectious endophthalmitis.

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Published in Chem Immunol Allergy on January 01, 2007

Authors

Meredith Gregory1, Michelle C Callegan, Michael S Gilmore

Author Affiliations

1: Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

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