Lupoid leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major with remaining large scars: Report of 2 cases

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-345

  Sadeghian, G ^a   Ziaei, H ^a   Shirani Bidabadi, L ^a   Nilforoushzadeh, M A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LUPOID LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS VULGARIS; PARASITOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749251957     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.344     Document Type: Article

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