Visceral leishmaniasis: Clinical and demographic features in an African population

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Nail, Abdelsalam M ^a   Imam, Abdelmageed M ^b  

^a JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

African population; Clinical features; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPLENOMEGALY; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84875529533     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.292.3151     Document Type: Article

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