Visceral leishmaniasis: An opportunistic infection in haematological malignancy

Haematologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Pati, H P ^a   Kashyap, R ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a   Mohapatra, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032768817     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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