The first case of isolated facial cutanenous leishmaniasis in a Down syndrome infant: A case report and review of the literature

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Abass, Kotb ^a   Saad, Hekma ^a   Abd Elsayed, Alaa A ^b  

^a Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR MALFORMATION; FACE DEFORMITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PEDIATRIC WARD; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 77953399765     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-13     Document Type: Article

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