Mucosal leishmaniasis: Epidemiological and clinical aspects

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 843-847

  Lessa, Marcus Miranda ^a,b   Lessa, Hélio Andrade ^a,c   Castro, Thomas W N ^a   Oliveira, Adja ^a   Scherifer, Albert ^a   Machado, Paulo ^a   Carvalho, Edgar M ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HUPES

^d HUPES

Author keywords

Granulomatous disease; Leishmaniasis; Mucosal leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARYNX; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUTH; MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNX; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE;

EID: 44949221435     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)31181-2     Document Type: Article

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