Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 172-177 , December 2009

Histoplasmosis in children

  • Gilberto Bueno Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Paediatrics Universidade Federal Ciencias Saúde Porto Alegre Pediatric pulmonologist, Brazil
    • Respiratory Department Hospital da Criança Santo Antonio Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 5133306558.
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  • Helena Mocelin

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Department Hospital da Criança Santo Antonio Brazil
    • ,
  • Cecília Bittencourt Severo

      Affiliations

    • Micologic Lab Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar de Porto Alegre - Brazil
    • Pos Graduate course Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
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  • Flávio de Mattos Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Micologic Lab Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar de Porto Alegre - Brazil
    • Pos Graduate course Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
    • ,
  • Melissa Orzechowski Xavier

      Affiliations

    • Pos Graduate course Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
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  • Luiz Carlos Severo

      Affiliations

    • Micologic Lab Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar de Porto Alegre - Brazil
    • Internal Medicine Department Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
    • Researcher 1B Conselho Nacional Pesquisa, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2009.08.002

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 172-177 , December 2009

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