Visceral leishmaniasis clinical management in endemic districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Banjara, Megha Raj ^a   Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^b,c   Siddiqui, Niyamat Ali ^d   Kumar, Narendra ^d   Kansal, Sangeeta ^e   Huda, M Mamun ^f   Das, Pradeep ^d   Rijal, Suman ^g   Gurung, Chitra Kumar ^a   Malaviya, Paritosh ^e   Arana, Byron ^h   Kroeger, Axel ^h,i   Mondal, Dinesh ^f  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^g B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; MILTEFOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEPHROTOXICITY; PALPATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84862291360     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/126093     Document Type: Article

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