Diagnosis of kala-azar - An important stride

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 51, Issue AUG, 2003, Pages 753-755

  Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1542679384     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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