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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Clinical experience of urine D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratio in the early diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in paediatric high risk populations

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Pages 146-151 | Received 05 Jun 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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