Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: Cassia fistula fruit gel-intralesional glucantime Vs. placebo gel- intralesional glucantime combination

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 705-711

  Jaffary, F ^a   Nilforoushzadeh, M A ^b   Ansari, N ^c   Rahimi, M ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cassia fistula fruit gel; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Intralesional injection; Meglumine antimoniate; Placebo

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CASSIA FISTULA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FRUIT; GEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRURITUS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77953376106     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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