Aspects of the association between leishmaniasis and malignant disorders

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1181-1189

  Kopterides, Petros ^a,b   Mourtzoukou, Eleni G ^a   Skopelitis, Elias ^b   Tsavaris, Nicolas ^b   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Immunosuppression; Leishmaniasis; Lymphoma; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCOSA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN;

CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35748932039     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.08.003     Document Type: Review

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