Predictive value of clinical assessment of patients with podoconiosis in an endemic community setting

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 621-623

  Desta, Kelemu ^a   Ashine, Meskele ^a   Davey, Gail ^b  

^a Mossy Foot Prevention and Treatment Association   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ethiopia; Geochemical disease; Non filarial elephantiasis; Podoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PODOCONIOSIS; PREDICTION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LEG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 34247105283     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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