01288nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653003000055653001100085653001100096653001200107653000900119653001000128653001500138653002600153100001800179700001100197700001200208700001400220245009800234856005900332300001000391490000700401050003200408520054400440022001400984       1989                            d  c1989 Mar10aDrug Therapy, Combination10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aNepal10aRecurrence10aRetrospective Studies1 avan Brakel WH1 aKist P1 aNoble S1 aO'Toole L00aRelapses after multidrug therapy for leprosy: a preliminary report of 22 cases in west Nepal.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1989/v60n1/pdf/v60n1a07.pdf  a45-500 v60  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The WHO recommended multidrug therapy regimens for leprosy patients were implemented in Nepal from 1982. Therefore a considerable number of both paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) patients have been on observation after release from MDT, for as long as 4-5 years. A retrospective study was done considering the patients who relapsed during this period and who were registered at the Out-patients Department of Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. A total of 22 patients relapsed out of 927 who were released from MDT.</p>  a0305-7518