Familial transmission of leprosy in post-war Britain - Discrimination and dissent

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Gill, Alison L ^a   Gill, G V ^a   Beeching, N J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDESULFONE; CHAULMESTROL; DAPSONE; GLUCOSULFONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; LIVER EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HAND DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE LESION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

EID: 42949169417     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn030     Document Type: Article

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