Visceral leishmaniasis with cutaneous and rectal dissemination due to Leishmania braziliensis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Int J Dermatol

Department of Medicine, Hospital Vargas, School of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.

Published: February 1995

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