Shall we continue with nerve trunk decompression in leprosy?

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-342

  Malaviya, G N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AWARENESS; CIRCULATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; LEPROSY; MORBIDITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; WELFARE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 12344290315     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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