CARD9 Deficiency in Combination with Invasive Infection by Exophiala Dermatitidis in a Pediatric Patient.

Mycopathologia

Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.

Published: June 2022


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