Leprosy in a high-prevalence Egyptian village: Epidemiology and risk factors

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 681-686

  Hegazy, Aly A ^a,b   Abdel Hamid, Ibrahim A ^a   Ahmed, El Shahat F ^a   Hammad, Sabry M ^a   Hawas, Samia A ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MARKER; EGYPT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EXAMINATION; SMEAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036774815     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01602.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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