Which physical signs help most in the diagnosis of leprosy? A proposal based on experience in the AMFES project, ALERT, Ethiopia

Leprosy Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-42

  Saunderson, Paul ^a   Groenen, Guido ^a  

^a All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DEFECT; SMEAR; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0034013140     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000005     Document Type: Article

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