Cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking inflammatory and neoplastic processes: A clinical, histopathological and molecular study of 57 cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-262

  Saab, Jad ^a   Fedda, Faysal ^a   Khattab, Ruba ^a   Yahya, Lamis ^a   Loya, Asif ^b   Satti, Mohamed ^c   Kibbi, Abdul Ghani ^a   Houreih, Mohammad Adib ^d   Raslan, Wasim ^e   El Sabban, Marwan ^a   Khalifeh, Ibrahim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Mimic; Molecular sub speciation; Stimulant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859087894     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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