Mucosal leishmaniasis presenting as sinusitis and optic neuropathy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 852-854

  Huna Baron, Ruth ^b   Warren, Floyd A ^b   Miller, William ^b   Jacobs, Joseph ^b   Green, Jeffrey ^b   Kupersmith, Mark J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0342696148     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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