Clinical and epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in children up to 15 years of age in Alagoas, Brasil;Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da leishmaniose visceral em menores, de 15 anos procedentes, de Alagoas, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-304

  Silva Pedrosa, Célia María ^a,b   Mauricio Da Rocha, Eliana Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alagoas; Clinical aspects; Epidemiology; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SPLEEN; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 4143134360     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000400003     Document Type: Article

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