Correlation of skin and nerve histopathology in leprosy

Leprosy Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Ashok Kumar, S K ^a   Reddy, B S N ^a,b   Ratnakar, C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE LESION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SKIN;

EID: 15844381175     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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