A proposed new clinical staging system for patients with mucosal leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 376-381

  Lessa, Hélio A ^a   Lessa, Marcus M ^a   Guimarães, Luiz Henrique ^a   Lima, Clara Mônica F ^a   Arruda, Sergio ^a   Machado, Paulo R ^a   Carvalho, Edgar M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Doencas Tropicais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disease stage; Leishmaniasis; Mucosal leishmaniasis; Nasal mucosa; Nose diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STAGING SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS; NOSE NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAGING; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; NECROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 84861348040     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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