Change in human visceral leishmaniasis treatment in Italy;Cambiamento nella terapia della leishmaniosi viscerale umana in Italia: Studio retrospettivo su 630 pazienti

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 199-201

  Gradoni, L ^a   Gramiccia, M ^a   Scalone, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; LIPOSOME; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BONE MARROW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SERUM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITALY; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIPOSOMES; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4844219939     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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