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Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Infrared Heat
Author(s) -
Jabbar Abdue,
Junaid N.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1986.tb03460.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , dermatology , lesion , skin lesion , surgery , immunology
One hundred seventy‐eight patients having cutaneous leishmaniasis were treated by exposing the largest lesion once to a source of infrared heat. This treatment provokes an immune response in the patient and allows the lesions to disappear in approximately 5–6 weeks.