Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 31-34 , January 2009

An autopsy case of renal candidiasis

  • Alka Mary Mathai, MBBS, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MBBS, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Ramadas Naik, MBBS, MD (Professor and Head)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Tanuj Kanchan, MBBS, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Suneet Kumar, MBBS, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Gopalkrishna Bhat, MSc, PhD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Aman Chauhan (Undergraduate Student of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Mayur Rai, MBBS, MS (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Received 12 March 2008 ,Accepted 19 May 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00107-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.021

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 31-34 , January 2009

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