Clinical spectrum of nasal leishmaniasis in Muzaffarabad

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 146-149

  Arfan ul Bari, ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; Nasal leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ERYSIPELOID; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; KELOID; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NASAL LEISHMANIASIS; NOSE MUCOSA; PAKISTAN; PSORIASIS; REGISTER; ROSACEA; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; NOSE DISEASES; PAKISTAN;

EID: 64149126167     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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