Comparison of skin smears and biopsy specimens for demonstration of leishmania tropica bodies in cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 765-767

  Dar, Nasser Rashid ^a   Khurshid, Tariq ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Histopathology; Skin biopsy impression smears; Skin slit smears

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 33646853381     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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