ATYPICAL CLINICAL VARIANTS IN NEW WORLD CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS: DISSEMINATED, ERYSIPELOID, AND RECIDIVA CUTIS DUE TO LEISHMANIA (V.) PANAMENSIS
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Atypical clinical variants in New World cutaneous leishmaniasis: disseminated, erysipeloid, and recidiva cutis due to Leishmania (V.) panamensis.
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.281