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Leishmania species (Leishmaniasis)
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Table 1:
Drugs for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis
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Table 2:
Adverse events during antimony treatment as reported in different studies
Table 3: Results
of treatment of mucosal leishmaniasis with pentavalent antimony alone or
pentavalent antimony plus allopurinol in one study.
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Life Cycle of
Leishmania species
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Authors
 Piet A. Kager, M.D., Ph.D.
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