Bilateral ptosis and lower eyelid ectropion secondary to cutaneous leishmaniasis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1244-1245

  Chaudhry, Imtiaz A ^a,b   Hylton, Camille ^a   DesMarchais, Beatrice ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; ECTROPION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LIVER TOXICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0032457380     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.9.1244     Document Type: Article

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