Dry skin lesions with marked hair loss in a case of BL leprosy. A case report

Leprosy Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-144

  Edward, V K ^a   Edward, S ^a   Shegaonkar, S ^a  

^a Richardson Leprosy Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY SKIN; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0029893309     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960015     Document Type: Article

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