Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in a US citizen

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-577

  Costa Jr , Joseph W ^a   Milner Jr , Danny A ^a,b   Maguire, James H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PALATE; PERU; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROMASTIGOTE; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRAVEL; ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242691664     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00299-3     Document Type: Article

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