Bilateral cutaneous leishmaniasis of upper eyelids: A case report

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jafari, Alireza K ^a   Akhyani, Maryam ^b   Valikhani, Mahin ^b   Ghodsi, Zahra S ^b   Barikbin, Behrooz ^b   Toosi, Siavash ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; EYELID ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; UPPER EYELID;

EID: 32244444305     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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