@article{2965,
  keywords = {Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brazil, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Incidence, Japan, Leprostatic Agents, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Social Problems, Time Factors},
  author = {Ishii N and Obara A and Ozaki M and Kumano K and Sugita Y and Namisato M and Nogami R and Hosokawa A and Makino M and Sasaki S},
  title = {[Survey of newly diagnosed leprosy patients in Japan (1993-2000)].},
  abstract = {<p>We analyzed the medical and social problems of newly registered leprosy patients in the past 8 years from 1993 to 2000 in a low endemic country, Japan. There were 56 registered Japanese patients (males, 32; females, 24), and 76 registered foreign patients (males, 56; females, 20). The number of Japanese patients in each year was between 5 and 9, and 2/3 of them were from Okinawa Prefecture, located in subtropical zone. But the number of foreign patients in each year was between 5 and 18, and 2/5 of them were from Brazil. The number of foreign patients was greater than that of Japanese patients. Male/female ratio has decreased among the Japanese.</p>},
  year = {2002},
  journal = {Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association},
  volume = {71},
  pages = {223-33},
  month = {2002 Aug},
  issn = {1342-3681},
  language = {jpn},
}