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Cutaneous Blastomycosis – a case report

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology
Volume 4 (2012): Issue 3 (September 2012)
By: Đuka Ninković Baroš,  Jagoda Balaban,  Svetlana Tomašević Pavlović,  Aleksandra Salapura Dugonjić,  Gorana Popović and  Dušanka Brđanin  
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|Nov 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10249-012-0011-x | Journal eISSN: 2406-0631
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Language: English
Page range: 119 - 128
Published on: Nov 29, 2012
Published by: Serbian Association of Dermatovenereologists (SAD)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Blastomycosis,
Dermatomycoses,
Treatment Outcome,
Disease Progression,
Itraconazole
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Dermatological and veneral diseases

© 2012 Đuka Ninković Baroš, Jagoda Balaban, Svetlana Tomašević Pavlović, Aleksandra Salapura Dugonjić, Gorana Popović, Dušanka Brđanin, published by Serbian Association of Dermatovenereologists (SAD)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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