01413nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653002100074653001000095653001100105653002000116653001100136653001200147653000900159653001000168653001500178653002600193653002100219100001400240700001300254700001400267700001600281700001400297245006400311300001000375490000700385050001600392520065300408022001401061       2003                            d  c2003 Jan-Mar10aAdolescent10aAge Distribution10aChild10aFemale10aHospitalization10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aNepal10aPrevalence10aRetrospective Studies10aSex Distribution1 aBurman DK1 aRijall A1 aAgrawal S1 aAgarwalla A1 aVerma K K00aChildhood leprosy in eastern Nepal: a hospital-based study.  a47-520 v75  aBURMAN 20033 a<p>A hospital-based retrospective study on childhood leprosy was carried out at B.R. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, covering the period April 1998-April 2002. 20 (4.45%) leprosy patients were detected in children aged 6-14 years. The male:female ratio was 4:1. History of contact was found in 10% of the patients. The commonest type of leprosy was borderline tuberculoid leprosy (550%), followed by borderline lepromatous leprosy (301%). Most of the patients had more than one lesion. Nerve involvement and grade 2 deformity were noted in 55% and 20% of the patients respectively. Slit skin smear was positive in 30% of patients.</p>  a0254-9395