Oral ulcer as an unusual feature of visceral leishmaniasis in an AIDS patient

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Kumar, Pramod ^a,b   Sharma, P ^a   Jain, R ^a   Gautam, R ^a   Bhardwaj, M ^a   Kar, H ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b PC 319   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Leishmaniasis oral ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; MOUTH ULCER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33846654920     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.30350     Document Type: Article

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