TY - JOUR
KW - Clofazimine
KW - Dapsone
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Drug Therapy, Combination
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
KW - Rifampin
AU - Marlowe S N
AU - Lockwood DN
AB - <p>Leprosy, a result of infection by Mycobacterium leprae, is a leading cause of peripheral neuropathy. The World Health Organization aimed to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem by 2000, but this has not been attained. Patients with leprosy continue to present in the UK. The diagnosis of leprosy is frequently not considered, with resultant pathological and psychological problems for patients.</p>
BT - Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998)
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11530584?dopt=Abstract
CN - MARLOWE 2001
DA - 2001 Aug
DO - 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.8.1622
IS - 8
J2 - Hosp Med
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Leprosy, a result of infection by Mycobacterium leprae, is a leading cause of peripheral neuropathy. The World Health Organization aimed to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem by 2000, but this has not been attained. Patients with leprosy continue to present in the UK. The diagnosis of leprosy is frequently not considered, with resultant pathological and psychological problems for patients.</p>
PY - 2001
SP - 471
EP - 6
T2 - Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998)
TI - Update on leprosy.
VL - 62
SN - 1462-3935
ER -