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The impact of acute adenolymphangitis in podoconiosis on caregivers: A case study in Wayu Tuka woreda, Oromia, Western Ethiopia. ‘If she was healthy, I would be free.’
BACKGROUND: Podoconiosis, also known as mossy foot or endemic non-filarial elephantiasis, is a preventable form of lower-leg lymphoedema caused by prolonged (typically barefoot) exposure to soil derived from volcanic rocks. Acute adenolymphangitis (also called ‘acute attack’) is a serious complicati...
Autores principales: | Phillips, Clare, Samuel, Abdi, Tiruneh, Gemechu, Deribe, Kebede, Davey, Gail |
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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/PMC6638979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31283763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007487 |
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