Macroglossia as a manifestation of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: A case report

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-131

  Nikzad, Ali ^a   Nobari, Hasan ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a,b   Dowlati, Yahya ^a  

^a AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; ORAL BIOPSY; PAIN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE;

EID: 14544294086     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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