TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Martinique KW - Middle Aged KW - Sex Factors AU - Amblard P AU - Ambroise-Thomas P AU - Desire C AU - Gout M AU - Monrose M AU - Schneider R AB -
Altogether my observations agree with the facts reported by others authors. Two data however should be pointed out: -- in spite of the progresses for its demonstration, lepra remains frequent in La Martinique; -- with 47% lepromatous forms and 25% tuberculoid forms, lepra in the West Indies constitutes an intermediary level between African lepra (60% tuberculoid forms) and South-American lepra (60% lepromatous forms).
BT - Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1242692?dopt=Abstract DA - 1975 Mar-Apr IS - 2 J2 - Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales LA - fre N2 -Altogether my observations agree with the facts reported by others authors. Two data however should be pointed out: -- in spite of the progresses for its demonstration, lepra remains frequent in La Martinique; -- with 47% lepromatous forms and 25% tuberculoid forms, lepra in the West Indies constitutes an intermediary level between African lepra (60% tuberculoid forms) and South-American lepra (60% lepromatous forms).
PY - 1975 SP - 164 EP - 71 T2 - Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales TI - [Present-day aspects of leprosy in Martinique]. VL - 68 ER -