Sensory testing in leprosy: Comparison of ballpoint pen and monofilaments

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-52

  Koelewijn, L F ^a   Meima, A ^b   Broekhuis, S M ^a   Richardus, J H ^a   Mitchell, P D ^b   Benbow, C ^c   Saunderson, P R ^c,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training   (Ethiopia)

^d American Leprosy Missions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLPOINT PEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENT; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOFILAMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOUCH;

EID: 0344405742     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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