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Editorial| Volume 102, ISSUE 5, P685-693, November 1983

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Medical mycology in crisis

  • Ward E. Bullock
    Correspondence
    Reprint requests: Ward E. Bullock, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, MSB 7168, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Bethesda Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45267.
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    From the Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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  • George S. Deepe Jr.
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    From the Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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      Abbreviations:

      (cAMP) (cyclic adenosine 3′5′monophosphate), (CMI) (cell-mediated immunity), (DTH) (delayed-type hypersensitivity), (PMN) (polymorphonuclear)
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