Pure neuritic leprosy in India: An appraisal

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-290

  Kumar, Bhushan ^a   Kaur, Inderjeet ^a   Dogra, Sunil ^a   Kumaran, Muthu Sendhil ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEURITIS; PARESTHESIA; PURE NEURITIC LEPROSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN;

EID: 6344241443     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/0020-7349(2004)72<284:PNLIIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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