Leishmaniasis recidiva cutis due to Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis in subtropical Ecuador: Isoenzymatic characterization

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Calvopina, Manuel ^a,b,c   Uezato, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Gomez, Eduardo A ^a,b,c   Korenaga, Masataka ^a,b,c   Nonaka, Shigeo ^a,b,c   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^a,b,c  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECUADOR; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPULAR RASH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33645964953     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02518.x     Document Type: Article

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