Erythema nodosum leprosum and orbital involvement

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-13

  Dhaliwal, Upreet ^b   Mohanty, Sandeep ^c   Bhattacharya, Sambit N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KH 6 New Kavi Nagar   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; ETHMOID SINUS; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; ORBIT;

EID: 0042268510     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2003)71<10:ENLAOI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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