Histopathologic improvement with lymphedema management, Léogâne, Haiti

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1938-1946

  Wilson, Susan F ^a,c   Guarner, Jeannette ^a   Valme, Alix L ^b   Louis Charles, Jacky ^b   Jones, Tara L ^a   Addiss, David G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Hopital Ste Croix ^*  (Haïti)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAITI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 7644228590     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040548     Document Type: Article

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