Mucosal leishmaniasis in Brazil

Laryngoscope

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 925-939

  Zajtchuk, Joan T ^a   Casler, John D ^a   Netto, Eduardo M ^b   Grogl, Max ^c   Neafie, Ronald C ^d   Hessel, Craig R ^a   de Magalhaes, Albino Vercosa ^b   Marsden, Phillip D ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNX DISORDER; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOSE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BRAZIL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024433024     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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