Mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in renal transplant patient from nonendemic region.

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl

Department of Nephrology, M. S. Ramaiah Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Published: August 2017

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