Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Clinical features and diagnosis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-296

  Salman, Salah M ^a   Rubeiz, Nelly G ^a   Kibbi, Abdul Ghani ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0032731233     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00047-4     Document Type: Review

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