Onchocerciasis: Clinical presentation and host parasite interactions in patients of Southern Sudan

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Stingl, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a National Leprosy Training Centre   (Sudan)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRURITUS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SUDAN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030932322     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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