Comparing the clinical and histological diagnosis of leprosy and leprosy reactions in the infir cohort of indian patients with multibacillary leprosy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Nicholls, Peter ^b   Smith, W Cairns S ^c   Das, Loretta ^d   Barkataki, Pramila ^d   van Brakel, Wim ^e   Suneetha, Sujai ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d India   (India)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f LEPRA Society   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INFLAMMATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; REVERSAL REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; BIOPSY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVALUATION; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY, MULTIBACILLARY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 84863679682     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001702     Document Type: Article

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