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. 1982 Dec;58(686):781–782. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.686.781

Mucormycosis in a diabetic

V K Batra, M Gaiha, P S Gupta
PMCID: PMC2426595  PMID: 7170289

Abstract

A case of juvenile diabetes mellitus with rhino-orbital mucormycosis treated successfully with amphotericin B is described.

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