Papular dermatitis due to Leishmania spp. infection in dogs with parasite-specific cellular immune responses

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Ordeix, Laura ^a,b   Solano Gallego, Laia ^a   Fondevila, Dolors ^a   Ferrer, Lluis ^a   Fondati, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PAPULE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 21644485781     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2005.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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