Serum beta-glucuronidase levels in children with leprosy

Leprosy Review

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-247

  Nandan, Devki ^a   Venkatesan, K ^b,d   Katoch, Kiran ^b   Dayal, R S ^c  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^c S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d National JALMA Institute for Leprosy   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE;

EID: 38449099628     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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