Travelling with visceral leishmaniasis
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Portal hypertension with visceral leishmaniasis.
We conducted this study to observe evidence of portal hypertension in children with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Eighty-eight consecutive cases (50 male) of VL were subjected to ultrasonography. Those with evidence of portal hypertension also underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and liver biopsy. Eight patients had portal hypertension as evidenced by dilated caliber of portal and splenic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.10.025