Leprosy in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): Declining disease, increasing diagnosis delay;Lèpre en Guadeloupe: Maladie en déclin, délai diagnostique en hausse

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 130, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 619-621

  Muller, P ^a   Frederic M ^b   Salzer, B ^a   Strobel, M ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041336956     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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