A Case Study in Hansen's Disease Acquired after Heart Transplant

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Launius, Beatrice K ^a,c   Brown, Patricia A ^b   Cush, Eleanor ^a   Mancini, Mary C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Willis Knighton Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Hansen's disease; Heart transplant; Leprocy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; ETHIONAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842304727     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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