Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosed by duodenal biopsy;Leishmaniasis visceral diagnosticada por biopsia duodenal

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-440

  Del Olmo Martinez L ^a   Aller De La Fuente, R ^a   Velayos Jimenez B ^a   Fernandez Salazar L ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duodenal biopsy; Endoscopy; HIV; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DUODENAL DISEASES; DUODENUM; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 70349923624     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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