Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Cryosurgery using carbon dioxide slush in a resource-poor country

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1217-1220

  Al Qubati, Yasin ^a   Janniger, Edmund J ^b   Schwartz, Robert A ^b  

^a TAIZ UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIDOCAINE; LIQUID NITROGEN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRY ICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866548205     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.04958.x     Document Type: Article

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