@article{14572,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, India, leprosy, Male, Sex Factors},
  author = {Sehgal V N and Rege V L and Mascarenhas M F and Reys M},
  title = {The prevalence and pattern of leprosy in a school survey.},
  abstract = {<p>The prevalence of leprosy in a school survey conducted in Panaji, India was found to be 5.3 per 1,000 with males predominating. The majority of patients had a single lesion on exposed parts of the body showing the clinical characteristics of tuberculoid leprosy. However, clinical features of indeterminate leprosy were seen in two patients and borderline tuberculoid in a single case. On the other hand, histopathologically, the majority of the patients were classified as having borderline tuberculoid or indeterminate leprosy. A disparity between the clinical and histopathologic diagnosis was evident. This observation emphasizes the importance of studying both the clinical and histopathologic features in deciding the precise status of a patient in the leprosy spectrum.</p>},
  year = {1977},
  journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association},
  volume = {45},
  pages = {360-3},
  month = {1977 Oct-Dec},
  issn = {0148-916X},
  language = {eng},
}