@article{10959,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, India, Infant, leprosy, Male, Sex Factors, Urban Health},
  author = {Sehgal V N and Sehgal S},
  title = {Leprosy in young urban children.},
  abstract = {<p>Prevalence among leprosy patients of children in the age group of 0-14 years was 3.8%, with 9 male preponderance. The children were largely immigrants from the endemic neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. A borderline group formed the bulk of the patients. The disease had its onset between ages 5 and 9 in more than half the patients. There was a striking contrast between the age at onset and that of reporting. Usually, the lesions were multiple. Single lesions were, however, present on the exposed parts. Skin-slit-smears were positive in borderline borderline (BB), borderline lepromatous (BL), and lepromatous lepromatous (LL) only. A good clinicopathologic correlation was apparent in most patients.</p>},
  year = {1988},
  journal = {International journal of dermatology},
  volume = {27},
  pages = {112-4},
  month = {1988 Mar},
  issn = {0011-9059},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1365-4362.1988.tb01284.x},
  language = {eng},
}