Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in histologically positive, suspicious and negative skin biopsies

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-24

  Safaei, Akbar ^a   Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Vasei, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Granuloma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0036978550     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063150     Document Type: Article

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