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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 74, 1980 - Issue 4
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Electron microscope investigations on leishmaniasis in the Sudan

I. Morphometric studies on Leishmania amastigotes in various forms of human leishmaniasis

B. VeressDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital, 214 01 Malmö, Sweden and Departments of Parasitology and Pathology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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R. E. AbdallaDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital, 214 01 Malmö, Sweden and Departments of Parasitology and Pathology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
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A. M. El HassanDepartment of Pathology, General Hospital, 214 01 Malmö, Sweden and Departments of Parasitology and Pathology, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Pages 421-426 | Received 19 Mar 1979, Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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