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The genus Rhytidodoides Price, 1939 (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in Brazil: New geographic occurrence and report of pathology in the gallbladder Cover

The genus Rhytidodoides Price, 1939 (Digenea: Rhytidodidae) in Brazil: New geographic occurrence and report of pathology in the gallbladder

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|May 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 175 - 182
Submitted on: Dec 3, 2018
Accepted on: Jan 11, 2019
Published on: May 4, 2019
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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