Leprosy in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 372-376

  Hoffner, Richard J ^a   Esekogwu, Victor ^a   Mallon, Willliam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency departments; Hansen's disease; Immigrants; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034070676     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02241.x     Document Type: Article

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