Mucosal localization of leishmaniasis in Tunisia: 5 Cases;Localisation muqueuse de la leishmaniose en Tunisie: 5 Observations

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 130, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 27-30

  Kharfi, M ^a   Fazaa, B ^a   Chaker, E ^b   Kamoun, M R ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNISIA;

EID: 0037217690     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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