Rare Case of Human Visceral Linguatuliasis in Bulgaria Diagnosed on Biopsy Specimen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0114 | Journal eISSN: 1313-9053
Language: English
Page range: 131 - 134
Submitted on: Nov 11, 2013
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