Orthopaedic complications of leprosy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1328-1332

  Moonot, P ^a,d   Ashwood, N ^b,d   Lockwood, D ^c,d  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLATFOOT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALLUX VALGUS; HALLUX VARUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; OSTEITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE DISEASES; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; LEPROSY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 27244442235     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B10.16596     Document Type: Review

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