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Risk of disability among adult leprosy cases and determinants of delay in diagnosis in five states of India: A case-control study
INTRODUCTION: A high proportion of grade 2 disability (visible deformity) is indicative of delay in detection of leprosy and leprosy is one of the major causes of preventable disability. We conducted this study to determine the risk factors associated with disability (G2D and G1D) among adult new le...
Autores principales: | Srinivas, Govindarajulu, Muthuvel, Thirumugam, Lal, Vivek, Vaikundanathan, Kanagasabapathy, Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria, Kasang, Christa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6619834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31247040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007495 |
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