Nerve thickening in leprosy patients and risk of paralytic deformities: A field based study in Agra, India

Leprosy Review

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Girdhar, Anita ^a   Girdhar, B K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFORMITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LEG; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NECK; NERVE FIBER; PARALYSIS; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NERVE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4043055127     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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