TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Anemia, Hemolytic
KW - Bilirubin
KW - Child
KW - Dapsone
KW - Female
KW - Hemolysis
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Osmotic Fragility
KW - Reticulocytes
AU - Menezes S
AU - Rege V L
AU - Sehgal V N
AB - <p>Fifty one patients with leprosy from the Urban Leprosy Centre, attached to the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Goa Medical College on treatment with Dapsone were studied from the point of view of development of haemolysis related to the drug. The findings are described and discussed. Anaemia developed in 60.7 percent of the patients during the course of treatment. It was mild and well compensated. The haemolytic effect of dapsone was related to the dose and duration of the treatment, being more manifested in doses above 50 mg daily.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7218764?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1981 Jan
IS - 1
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Fifty one patients with leprosy from the Urban Leprosy Centre, attached to the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Goa Medical College on treatment with Dapsone were studied from the point of view of development of haemolysis related to the drug. The findings are described and discussed. Anaemia developed in 60.7 percent of the patients during the course of treatment. It was mild and well compensated. The haemolytic effect of dapsone was related to the dose and duration of the treatment, being more manifested in doses above 50 mg daily.</p>
PY - 1981
SP - 63
EP - 9
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - Dapsone haemolysis in leprosy. A preliminary report.
VL - 53
SN - 0024-1024
ER -