Impact of combined Mycobacterium w vaccine and 1 year of MDT on multibacillary leprosy patients

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 187-194

  De Sarkar, Arun ^a   Kaur, Inderjeet ^a   Radotra, Bishan Dass ^b   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a Venereology and Leprology ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEPROMIN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROMIN TEST; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM W; NEURITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

ADULT; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BIOPSY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEPROMIN; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035718910     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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