Cryotherapy with or without intralesional antimony in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis;Traitement de la leishmaniose cutanée par cryothérapie associée ou non au Glucantime® intralésionnel

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-279

  Chaabane, H ^a   Masmoudi, A ^a   Dammak, A ^a   Kchaou, W ^a   Akrout, F ^a   Zribi, M ^a   Boudaya, S ^a   Turki, H ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LETTER; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 63449109532     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.09.016     Document Type: Letter

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