STUDIES OF THE LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST POSITIVITY IN CASES WITH TREATMENT ANTI-Leishmania
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasitología al día
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0716-0720
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-07201997000300002