Disability Prevention and Medical Rehabilitation (DPMR) - Prevention of disability and timely referral in leprosy

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 682-685

  Mahato, Margaret E ^a  

^a India   (India)

Author keywords

Deformity; Disability prevention and medical rehabilitation (DPMR); Nerve function impairment; Reconstructive surgery; Referral

Indexed keywords

LEPROMIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY PHL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROMIN TEST; LEPROSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STANDARD; TIME;

ABNORMALITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249862217     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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