Unfavourable results after surgical correction of claw fingers in leprosy

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Malaviya, G N ^a,b  

^a Institute for Leprosy   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LEPROSY;

FINGERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; LEPROSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030960117     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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