Single lesion paucibacillary leprosy: Baseline profile of the brazilian multicenter cohort study

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-257

  Martelli, Celina M T ^a   Stefani, Mariane M A ^a   Gomes, Maria Katia ^b   Rebello, Paula F B ^c   Peninni, Silmara ^c   Narahashi, Kasue ^d   Maroclo, Ana Lucia O ^a   Costa, Mauricio B ^a   Silva, Simonne A ^a   Sacchetim, Sylvana C ^a   Nery, Jose Augusto C ^e   Salles, Ana Maria ^e   Gillis, Thomas P ^f   Krahenbuhl, James L ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c AMAZON   (United States)

^d Secretariat of Health   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITSUDA SKIN TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PATIENT SELECTION; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; OFLOXACIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 0034479519     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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