Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 166-171 , December 2009

Cryptococcosis in children

  • Cecília Bittencourt Severo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Micologia da Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar de Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, UFRGS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rua Prof. Annes Dias, 285. Laboratório de Micologia – Hospital Santa Rita – Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar. CEP 90020-090, Porto Alegre – RS - Brazil. Tel.: +55 51 32148410; fax: +55 51 99351974.
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  • Melissa Orzechowski Xavier

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, UFRGS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Alexandra Flávia Gazzoni

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Pneumológicas, UFRGS, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz Carlos Severo

      Affiliations

    • Departmento de Medicina Interna, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; pesquisador 1B do CNPq, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2009.06.009

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 166-171 , December 2009

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