Chronic granulomatous disease of childhood. An unusual case of infection with Aspergillus nidulans var. echinulatus.

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Published in Am J Clin Pathol on September 01, 1988

Authors

C J White1, K J Kwon-Chung, J I Gallin

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

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