Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children in Damascus University Children Hospital
published by Damascus University
in 2009
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Visceral Leishmaniasis is still seen in developing country
To study the epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis cases
hospitalized in Damascus University Children Hospital.
It was retro-spective study on (89) cases of Visceral
Leishmaniasis hospitalized between 1993 and 2005.
References used
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