A clinical and histopathological study of histoid leprosy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 580-586

  Pradeep Nair, Sukumaran ^a   Nanda Kumar, Gopinathan ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; HISTOID LEPROSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEG; LEPROSY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PAPULE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN ATROPHY; TRUNK;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EAR AURICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSO; UPPER EXTREMITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876448849     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05753.x     Document Type: Article

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