Analysis of newly detected Leprosy cases and misdiagnosis in Wuhan (1990-2004)

Leprosy Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-415

  Liu, Daozhong ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Gao, Jun ^a   Yue, Chunmin ^a   Xiao, Qin ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Dermatology and Venereology   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOOT ULCER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; ICHTHYOSIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; NEURITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEPROSY, MULTIBACILLARY; LEPROSY, PAUCIBACILLARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649205992     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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