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Visceral Leishmaniasis Mimicking Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Overlap

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening infection caused by Leishmania species. In addition to typical clinical findings as fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and cachexia, VL is associated with autoimmune phenomena. To date, VL mimicking or exacerbating various autoimmune diseases have been descr...

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Autores principales: Tunccan, Ozlem Guzel, Tufan, Abdurrahman, Telli, Gülçin, Akyürek, Nalan, Pamukçuoğlu, Merve, Yılmaz, Güldal, Hızel, Kenan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22711924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.133