Congenital visceral leishmaniasis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 485-487

  Haque, Md Azizul ^a   Ekram, A R M Saifuddin ^a   Sharmin, Laila Shamima ^a   Belaluddin, Md ^a   Salam, M A ^a  

^a RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Congenital visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 77954579891     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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