Lessons learnt from conducting a randomised clinical trial in eumycetoma.

Lancet Infect Dis

Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universityof Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, Universityof Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University

Published: November 2024


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