Cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking squamous cell carcinoma

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-436

  Akcali, Cenk ^a,d   Baba, Mete ^b   Inaloz, Serhat ^a   Seckin, Deniz ^b   Uzun, Soner ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Universite Bul23 Nisan Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 45249109528     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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