AIDS-associated leishmaniasis: an unusual gastro-duodenal presentation.

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Tropical Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.

Published: September 1990

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