A scale to assess the severity of leprosy reactions [2]

Leprosy Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-164

  Van Brakel, Wim H ^a   Nicholls, Peter G ^a   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Sundar Rao, P S ^a   Smith, W Cairns S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LETTER; NERVE FUNCTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; LEPROSY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548846378     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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