A case of tungiasis

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 128-129

  Lowry, Mark A ^a   Ownbey, James L ^b   McEvoy, Peter L ^b  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; RIVER; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0030026861     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.2.128     Document Type: Article

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