Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 52-59 , 5 March 2007

Extract of Pelargonium sidoides (EPs® 7630) inhibits the interactions of group A-streptococci and host epithelia in vitro

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.018

Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 52-59 , 5 March 2007

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