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Drug Repurposing Strategy against Fungal Biofilms

Author(s): Thaís Pereira de Mello, Laura Nunes Silva, Lívia de Souza Ramos, Heloísa Freire Frota, Marta Helena Branquinha and André Luis Souza dos Santos*

Volume 20, Issue 7, 2020

Page: [509 - 516] Pages: 8

DOI: 10.2174/156802662007200316142626

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