Unusual clinical variants of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sicily

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-289

  Bongiorno, Maria Rita ^a   Pistone, Giuseppe ^a   Aricò, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICILY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349131427     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03940.x     Document Type: Article

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