Nerve involvement in Indian post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis [12]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-246

  Khandpur, Sujay ^a   Ramam, M ^a   Sharma, Vinod K ^a   Salotra, Poonam ^b   Singh, Manoj K ^a   Malhotra, Amit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; MALE; PAPULE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; NEURITIS;

EID: 2442524016     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410024607     Document Type: Letter

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