The use of polymerase chain reaction to confirm diagnosis in skin biopsies consistent with American tegumentary leishmaniasis at histopathology: A study of 90 cases;Uso da reação em cadeia da polimerase em biópsias de pele para confirmar o diagnóstico histopatológico consistente com leishmaniose tegumentar americana: Um estudo de 90 casos

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 892-896

  de Andrade, Rosilene Viana ^a   de Lucena, Meline Nogueira Barbosa ^c   Ferreira, Luiz Carlos de Lima ^a   Massone, Cesare ^b   Talhari, Anette Chusciak ^a   Talhari, Sinésio ^a   Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira ^a  

^a Tropical Medicine   (Brazil)

^b Graz University   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Skin

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 83755183725     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962011000500005     Document Type: Article

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