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Title: | Lip leishmaniasis: Clinical characteristics of 621 patients |
Authors: | Yeşilova, Yavuz Aksoy, Mustafa Sürücü, Hacer Altun Uluat, Ahmet Ardic, Nurittin Yeşilova, Abdullah |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Critical Illness & Injury Science |
Abstract: | Old world leishmaniasis is seen in a wide geographical area including Turkey, as well. The causative agent is generally Leishmaniasis tropica, and the agent is rarely identified to be leishmaniasis major in such patients.[1] Depending on the leishmaniasis type and the person’s immune system, it may be in one of the cutaneous, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (ML), or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) forms.[2] Mucosal involvement is rarely seen with old world leishmaniasis.[3] ML disease is an important endemic disease and public health problem in undeveloped countries, since it has a significant rate of morbidity and mortality |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11513/240 |
Appears in Collections: | Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü |
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