A double-blind clinical trial of the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with paromomycin ointment

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 690-691

  El Safi, S H ^a   Murphy, A G ^b   Bryceson, A D M ^c   Neal, R A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; OINTMENTS; PAROMOMYCIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0025110365     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90146-6     Document Type: Article

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