Interventions for skin changes caused by nerve damage in leprosy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Reinar, Liv Merete ^a   Forsetlund, Louise ^a   Bjørndal, Arild ^a   Lockwood, Diana ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CLIOQUINOL; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; EUSOL; GLYCEROL; KETANSERIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PHENYTOIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PROFLAVINE; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREAM; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LIMB DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OINTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PLASTER CAST; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SHOE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPICAL TREATMENT; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 52149098960     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004833.pub3     Document Type: Review

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