A field trial of detection and treatment of nerve function impairment in leprosy - Report from national POD pilot project

Leprosy Review

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-375

  Jiang, J ^a   Watson, J M ^b   Zhang, G C ^a   Wei, X Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^b The Leprosy Mission International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0032409534     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19980037     Document Type: Article

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