Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with allopurinol and stibogluconate

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Martinez, S ^a   Gonzalez, M ^a   Vernaza, M E ^a  

^a Calle 5 No 3 47 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; KETOCONAZOLE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031043418     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.2.165     Document Type: Article

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