TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Emigration and Immigration
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
AU - Goldenring J M
AU - Castle G F
AB - <p>Two cases of newly diagnosed leprosy (Hansen's disease) are presented to remind physicians of the nature of this disorder and its increasing prevalence due to migration to the United States from endemic areas. In both cases, leprosy was not initially considered by the American physicians. Important clinical clues to diagnosis are reviewed.</p>
BT - Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6319344?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1984 Jan
DO - 10.1016/s0197-0070(84)80246-6
IS - 1
J2 - J Adolesc Health Care
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Two cases of newly diagnosed leprosy (Hansen's disease) are presented to remind physicians of the nature of this disorder and its increasing prevalence due to migration to the United States from endemic areas. In both cases, leprosy was not initially considered by the American physicians. Important clinical clues to diagnosis are reviewed.</p>
PY - 1984
SP - 53
EP - 5
T2 - Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
TI - Leprosy in teenage immigrants. Case reports and clinical review.
VL - 5
SN - 0197-0070
ER -