Visceral leishmaniasis: Diagnosis by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of an axillary node

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 926, 2005, Pages 158-160

  Reus, M ^a   Garcia B ^a   Vazquez V ^a   Morales, D ^a   Fuster, M ^a   Sola, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; PAIN; SPLEEN INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGED; AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 14144253016     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/33263789     Document Type: Article

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