01123nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002600059653002800085653001100113653001100124653001200135653001600147653002500163653001500188653001400203653002300217653001600240653003000256653001100286653001600297653001100313653002200324100001200346700001800358700001200376700001100388700001100399245005800410300001000468490000700478520025000485022001400735       2010                            d  c2010 Jul-Aug10aAnti-Infective Agents10aDiagnosis, Differential10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMiddle Aged10aMycobacterium leprae10aPrednisone10aPrognosis10aRheumatic Diseases10aSarcoidosis10aSkin Diseases, Infectious10aSweden10aThalidomide10aTravel10aTreatment Outcome1 aForno C1 aHäusermann P1 aHatz CF1 aItin P1 aBlum J00aThe difficulty in diagnosis and treatment of leprosy.  a281-30 v173 a<p>Leprosy is still an important and debilitating disease with a broad clinical spectrum. However, this disease occurs most often endemically, and as an imported disease it can also still be recognized in the nonendemic industrialized world.</p>  a1708-8305