Alternative approaches to antifungal therapies.

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Published in Exp Dermatol on October 01, 2012

Authors

Tarun Mehra1, Martin Köberle, Christina Braunsdorf, Daniela Mailänder-Sanchez, Claudia Borelli, Martin Schaller

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.

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