Comparative Trial of Steroids and Surgical Intervention in the Management of Ulnar Neuritis

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-286

  Ebenezer, Mannam ^a   Andrews, P ^a   Solomon, Samuel ^a  

^a Schieffelin Leprosy Res/Train Ctr   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 0029845885     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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