Treatment of ‘old world’ cutaneous leishmaniasis with aminosidine ointment: Results of an open study in london

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 226-228

  Bryceson, Anthony D M ^a   Moody, Anthony H ^b   Murphy, Anthony ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID PARAFFIN; PAROMOMYCIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; OINTMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND HEALING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; OINTMENTS; PAROMOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028213959     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90308-5     Document Type: Article

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