Chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis, a great mimicker with various clinical presentations: 12 years experience from Aleppo

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1224-1229

  Douba, M D ^a   Abbas, O ^b   Wali, A ^a   Nassany, J ^a   Aouf, A ^a   Tibbi, M S ^a   Kibbi, A G ^b   Kurban, M ^b  

^a Center for Dermatology Diseases   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CHRONIC CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPULONODULAR SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; PLAQUE SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ULCERATIVE SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866232620     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04266.x     Document Type: Article

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