Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, affects millions of people worldwide and is largely confined to the developing world. Although Hansen's disease is disfiguring, crippling, and even blinding in its later stages, it is not commonly lethal but gradually steals sensory input from the digits and the visual pathways. In this article, the epidemiology and pathogenesis of leprosy are reviewed, with an emphasis on ocular involvement, treatment, and prevention.
BT - Infectious disease clinics of North America C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1460273?dopt=Abstract DA - 1992 Dec IS - 4 J2 - Infect. Dis. Clin. North Am. LA - eng N2 -Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, affects millions of people worldwide and is largely confined to the developing world. Although Hansen's disease is disfiguring, crippling, and even blinding in its later stages, it is not commonly lethal but gradually steals sensory input from the digits and the visual pathways. In this article, the epidemiology and pathogenesis of leprosy are reviewed, with an emphasis on ocular involvement, treatment, and prevention.
PY - 1992 SP - 953 EP - 61 T2 - Infectious disease clinics of North America TI - Ocular leprosy. VL - 6 SN - 0891-5520 ER -