Interaction of pathogenic neisseriae with nonphagocytic cells.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on July 01, 1995

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X Nassif1, M So

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1: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale U411, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, Université René Descartes, Paris, France.

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