Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.

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2003
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Wunderle, II
de Kaspar, HM
Cabrera, E
de Arias, AR
Froehlich, SJ
de Bilbao, NV
Insfran, NS
Azorero, RM
Klauss, V
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Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis with high prevalence and increasing epidemiologic relevance. Ocular manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) have been well studied, but less is known about ocular alterations in cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (CL/MCL). Fifty-five patients with CL/MCL and a seronegative control group of 39 were examined ophthalmologically in Paraguay. CL/MCL was diagnosed clinically by detection of the parasite, with serological methods and/or intradermal reaction.
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/12680552
http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35556
Citation
Trop Doct. 2003 Apr;33(2):112-5.
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Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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