Post kala-azar ocular leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-179

  El Hassan, A M ^a,b   Khalil, E A G ^a   El Sheikh, E A ^a   Zijlstra, E E ^a   Osman, Amna ^a   Ibrahim, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; STEROID; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031919730     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90736-2     Document Type: Article

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