TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Age Factors
KW - Aged
KW - China
KW - Congenital Abnormalities
KW - Female
KW - Foot Deformities, Acquired
KW - Hand Deformities, Acquired
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prevalence
KW - Sex Factors
AU - Zhang G
AU - Li W
AU - Yan L
AU - Yang Z
AU - Chen X
AU - Zheng T
AU - Ye G
AB - <p>This study was planned and conducted in 11 counties in Yangzhou Prefecture, which had formerly had a high prevalence of leprosy. Out of 14257 leprosy patients, 8122 (56.97%) with permanent deformities and disabilities were found. The disability rate was much higher among patients with multibacillary (MB) leprosy (81.15%) than among those with paucibacillary (PB) leprosy (53.04%). The statistical data involving the patients and the types of deformities and disabilities are presented in this paper, and the influences of various host factors and disease factors are discussed.</p>
BT - Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh tsa chih
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1307497?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1992 Dec
IS - 4
J2 - Chin. Med. Sci. J.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>This study was planned and conducted in 11 counties in Yangzhou Prefecture, which had formerly had a high prevalence of leprosy. Out of 14257 leprosy patients, 8122 (56.97%) with permanent deformities and disabilities were found. The disability rate was much higher among patients with multibacillary (MB) leprosy (81.15%) than among those with paucibacillary (PB) leprosy (53.04%). The statistical data involving the patients and the types of deformities and disabilities are presented in this paper, and the influences of various host factors and disease factors are discussed.</p>
PY - 1992
SP - 216
EP - 20
T2 - Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh tsa chih
TI - An epidemiological survey of deformities and disabilities among 14257 leprosy patients in 11 counties.
VL - 7
SN - 1001-9294
ER -