Is the amastigote form of Leishmania the only form found in humans infected with cutaneous Leishmaniasis?

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-41

  Daboul, Mohammed Wael ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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EID: 62749121598     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/F0LPBC27FEDQA7RQ     Document Type: Article

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