Histologic diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-304

  Mehregan, Darius R ^a   Mehregan, Amir H ^a   Mehregan, David A ^a  

^a Pinkus Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 0032755053     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00048-6     Document Type: Review

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