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Prevalence of plantar ulcer and its risk factors in leprosy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Plantar ulcers are a leading complication of leprosy that requires frequent visits to hospital and is associated with stigma. The extent of burden of ulcers in leprosy and its risk factors are scant impeding the development of targeted interventions to prevent and promote healing of ulce...

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Autores principales: Govindasamy, Karthikeyan, Darlong, Joydeepa, Watson, Samuel I., Gill, Paramjit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37953361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-023-00674-4