Correlation of Oral Surface Temperatures and the Lesions of Leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-217

  Scheepers, Anton ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 0031773586     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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