TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Prevalence
KW - Rheumatic Diseases
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Tenosynovitis
AU - Mandal SK
AU - Sarkar R N
AU - Sarkar P
AU - Datta S
AU - Bandyopadhyay R
AU - Bandyopadhyay D
AU - Pain S
AB - <p>Rheumatological manifestations are common in leprosy. A study was conducted among 30 patients to observe the prevalence and spectrum of rheumatological manifestations in leprosy. Seventeen patients were referred from leprosy clinic from 287 consecutive leprosy cases and 13 patients presented de novo at the rheumatology clinic and later diagnosed to have leprosy. In the first group, the most common manifestation was small and large joints polyarthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis found in 64.7% cases and in the second group tenosynovitis (38.5%) was the commonest. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 60% cases.</p>
BT - Journal of the Indian Medical Association
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18712135?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2008 Mar
IS - 3
J2 - J Indian Med Assoc
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Rheumatological manifestations are common in leprosy. A study was conducted among 30 patients to observe the prevalence and spectrum of rheumatological manifestations in leprosy. Seventeen patients were referred from leprosy clinic from 287 consecutive leprosy cases and 13 patients presented de novo at the rheumatology clinic and later diagnosed to have leprosy. In the first group, the most common manifestation was small and large joints polyarthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis found in 64.7% cases and in the second group tenosynovitis (38.5%) was the commonest. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 60% cases.</p>
PY - 2008
SP - 165
EP - 6
T2 - Journal of the Indian Medical Association
TI - Rheumatological manifestations of leprosy.
VL - 106
SN - 0019-5847
ER -