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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 97, 2003 - Issue 5
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The efficacy of treatment with intralesional meglumine antimoniate alone, compared with that of cryotherapy combined with the meglumine antimoniate or intralesional sodium stibogluconate, in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis

A. AsilianDepartment of Dermatology, St Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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A. SadeghiniaDepartment of Dermatology, St Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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G. FaghihiDepartment of Dermatology, St Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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A. MomeniDepartment of Dermatology, St Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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A. Amini HarandiDepartment of Dermatology, St Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Pages 493-498 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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