Subclinical form of the American visceral leishmaniasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 889-893

  Gama, Mônica Elinor Alves ^a   Costa, Jackson Maurício Lopes ^a   Gomes, Cláudia Maria Castro ^b   Corbett, Carlos Eduardo Pereira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oligosymptomatic form; Subclinical form; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PROTEIN DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 13844296629     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000800018     Document Type: Article

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