A double-blind study on the efficacy of oral dapsone in cutaneous leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 212-213

  Dogra, Jaideep ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DAPSONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0025782825     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(91)90025-T     Document Type: Article

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