Interdigital skin lesions of the lower limbs among patients with lymphoedema in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1475-1481

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,d   Addiss, David ^b   Gadelha, Patricia ^a   Lapa, Eduardo ^a   Williamson, John ^b   Dreyer, Annelies ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute episode; Bancroftian filariasis; Control; Interdigital skin lesion; Lymphoedema; Self examination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LESION; LIMB; SKIN DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICIAN; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747886518     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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