Are there differences in clinical and laboratory parameters between children and adults with American visceral leishmaniasis?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Caldas, Arlene J M ^a,b   Costa, Jackson ^a   Aquino, Dorlene ^a,b   Silva, Antônio Augusto M ^b   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a,c   Barral, Aldina ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adults; American visceral leishmaniasis; Children; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Lymphoproliferative response

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH AND DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEEDING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PALLOR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33644547041     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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