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Physical disability and psychosocial impact due to chronic filarial lymphoedema in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Information on the physical and psychosocial disability of lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka is scarce. Therefore this study was carried out to describe the physical disability and psychosocial impact associated with chronic lymphoedema in patients attending filariasis clinics in the Col...

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Autores principales:	Wijesinghe, RS, Wickremasinghe, AR, Ekanayake, Sriyani, Perera, MSA
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2007
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1851956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17391538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-6-4

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