01136nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653002300062653001200085653001600097653001300113100001400126245015400140300001000294490000800304520061600312022001400928       1979                            d  c197910aHumans10aLeprostatic Agents10aleprosy10aNetherlands10aSuriname1 aFaber W R00aLeprosy in the Netherlands. A review of leprosy patients registered at the Department of Dermatology, University of Amsterdam in the years 1972-1976.  a38-450 v1583 a<p>Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of leprosy patients in The Netherlands, due to an increased immigration from Surinam where leprosy is hyperendemic. The patients registered at the Dermatological Department of the University of Amsterdam during the years 1972-1976 were reviewed. It was found that 28% of the untreated patients had recently suffered a relapse. A substantial percentage took the medication irregularly or discontinued treatment prematurely and quite a few patients required other types of treatment besides chemotherapy, such as surgical treatment and physiotherapy.</p>  a0011-9075