01099nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653000900055653001100064653001200075653000900087653001600096653002100112653002500133653003200158100001400190245006300204300001000267490000600277520057200283022001400855       1981                            d  c1981 Jul10aHand10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMuscular Atrophy10aSkin Transplantation10aTransplantation, Autologous1 aHarahap M00aAugmentation of muscular wasting in the hand from leprosy.  a582-50 v73 a<p>One of the stigmata of leprosy in the hand is muscular wasting between the metacarpals of the thumb and index finger. Such a deformity, which may rarely arise for other neuropathic reasons, may pass unnoticed in places where leprosy is not endemic, but is obvious to all in places where leprosy is still common, and undesirably stamps afflicted persons as lepers even if the disease is arrested. A surgical technique is described in which a buried dermal graft is used for augmentation of the depression of that muscular wasting between thumb and index finger.</p>  a0148-0812