Visceral leishmaniasis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with methotrexate

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Tập 13 - Trang e169-e172 - 2009
Ioannis Venizelos1, Zoi Tatsiou1, Thomas G. Papathomas1, Attilio Orazi2
1Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Hematopathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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