The prognostic importance of detecting mild sensory impairment in leprosy: A randomized controlled trial (TRIPOD 2)

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-310

  Van Brakel, Wim H ^a   Anderson, Alison M ^b   Withington, Stephen G ^c   Croft, Richard P ^d   Nicholls, Peter G ^e   Richardus, Jan H ^f   Smith, W Cairns S ^e  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b International Nepal Fellowship   (Nepal)

^c Danish Bangladesh Leprosy Mission   (Bangladesh)

^d Polwarth Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; NERVE FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346787604     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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