Pediatric visceral leishmanisis in the southwest part of Iran: A study of 215 cases

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-464

  Shamsizadeh, Ahmad ^a   Nikfar, Roya ^a   Maraghi, Sharif ^a   Zaker, Nahid ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Iran; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33845408878     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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