Evaluation of leprosy patients with 1 to 5 skin lesions with relevance to their grouping into paucibacillary or multibacillary disease

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-210

  Rao, P ^a   Pratap, D V S ^a   Ramana Reddy, A ^b   Sujai, Suneetha ^c  

^a GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Gandhi Hosp   (India)

^c LEPRA Society   (India)

Author keywords

Histological and bacteriological evaluation; Leprosy; Number of skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE LESION; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

EID: 33745153108     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.25781     Document Type: Article

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