Clinical spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis: An overview from Pakistan

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  ul Bari, Arfan ^a  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial 30 Military Dental Centre CMH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MILTEFOSINE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE;

ACNEIFORM LEISHMANIASIS; AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS; ANNULAR LEISHMANIASIS; CHANCRIFORM LEISHMANIASIS; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS LIKE LEISHMANIASIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMATOUS LEISHMANIASIS; ERYSIPELOID LEISHMANIASIS; FISSURE LEISHMANIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERKERATOTOIC LEISHMANIASIS; KELOIDAL LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS RECIDIVANS; LID LEISHMANIASIS; LOCALIZED CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; LUPOID LEISHMANIASIS; MYCETOMA LIKE LEISHMANIASIS; PAKISTAN; PALMOPLANTAR LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARONVCHIAL LEISHMANIASIS; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PSORIASIFORM LEISHMANIASIS; REVIEW; SCALP LEISHMANIASIS; SCAR LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTRICHOID LEISHMANIASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA LIKE LEISHMANIASIS; TUMOROUS LEISHMANIASIS; VEGETATING LEISHMANIASIS; VERRUCOUS LEISHMANIASIS; VISCEROTROPIC LEISHMANIASIS; WHITLOW LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84857879366     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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