Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 32-

  Newlove, Tracey ^a   Robinson, Maria ^a   Meehan, Shane A ^a   Pomerantz, Rhonda ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; PAPULE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84871479979     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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