Quantitative assessment of facial sensation in leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-355

  Premkumar, Ramaswamy ^a   Daniel, Ebenezer ^b   Suneetha, Sujai ^a   Yovan, Paramanandam ^c  

^a Dept Occup Ther and Hlth Educ ^*

^b Branch of Ophthalmology   (India)

^c Schieffelin Leprosy Res Train Ctr   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LEPROSY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032443835     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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