Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis in AIDS

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2 II, 2000, Pages 351-354

  Torno Jr , Mauro S ^a   Babapour, Reza ^a   Gurevitch, Arnold ^a   Witt, Mallory D ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 12944259143     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(00)90110-5     Document Type: Article

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