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- review
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- 349
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- 9049
- Pages
- 418-422
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- 1066
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Robert E. W. Hancock
(1997).
Peptide antibiotics.
The Lancet
, 349
(9049)
, 418-422.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(97)80051-7
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)80051-7