@article{3155, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, leprosy, Male, Martinique, Middle Aged, Sex Factors}, author = {Amblard P and Ambroise-Thomas P and Desire C and Gout M and Monrose M and Schneider R}, title = {[Present-day aspects of leprosy in Martinique].}, abstract = {

Altogether my observations agree with the facts reported by others authors. Two data however should be pointed out: -- in spite of the progresses for its demonstration, lepra remains frequent in La Martinique; -- with 47% lepromatous forms and 25% tuberculoid forms, lepra in the West Indies constitutes an intermediary level between African lepra (60% tuberculoid forms) and South-American lepra (60% lepromatous forms).

}, year = {1975}, journal = {Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales}, volume = {68}, pages = {164-71}, month = {1975 Mar-Apr}, language = {fre}, }