Impairments in multibacillary leprosy; a study from Brazil

Leprosy Review

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-152

  Pimentel, M I F ^b   Nery, J A C ^a   Borges, E ^a   Goncalves R R ^a   Sarno, E N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Medicine School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY; ULNAR NERVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4043086309     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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