Leishmaniasis diagnosed by liver biopsy: Management of two atypical cases

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 266-267

  Koshy, Abraham ^a,d   Al Azmi, Waleed Mohammed ^b   Narayanan, S ^b   Grover, Saroj ^c   Hira, P R ^a   Idris, Majid ^c   Madda, John Patrick ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Kala azar; Liposomal amphotericin B; Splenomegaly; Transjugular liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 0035113352     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200103000-00021     Document Type: Article

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