Decompressive surgery for treating nerve damage in leprosy. A Cochrane review

Leprosy Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Van Veen, Natasja H J ^a   Schreuders, Ton A R ^a   Theuvenet, Willem J ^b   Agrawal, Amit ^c   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Plastic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEURITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65949092202     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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