Progressive visceral leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as cirrhosis of the liver: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease which is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and characterized in most cases by the presence of fever as well as signs and symptoms similar to those found in liver cirrhosis. CASE PRESENTATION: In this...

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Autores principales: Giannitrapani, Lydia, Soresi, Maurizio, La Spada, Emanuele, Tripodo, Claudio, Montalto, Giuseppe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7265

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830157
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7265

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