Squamous cell carcinoma of the foot arising in chronic ulcers in leprosy patients

Leprosy Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Soares, D ^a   Kimula, Y ^b  

^a Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

^b PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEUROPATHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030512727     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960033     Document Type: Article

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