Cutaneous larva migrans with parts of the larva in the epidermis

Cutis

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 368-370

  Balfour, Erika ^a   Zalka, Alicia ^b   Lazova, Rossitza ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE;

EID: 0036583688     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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