Visceral leishmaniasis in Pakistani children

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 491-493

  Rathore, Mobeen H ^a,c   Buksh, Dhani ^b   Hassan, Mumtaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PALLOR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ABDOMEN; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PAKISTAN; PALLOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029947513     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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