Volume: 56 - Number: 1 - year 1985



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EDITORIAL

Vaccination against leprosy; recent advances and practical implications
S. K. Noordeen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850001

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Untreated borderline-leprosy in the ulnar nerve: light and electron microscopical studies
P. Vieregge, V. Reinhardt, L. Gerhard, U. Schliwinski and J. R. Jorg
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850002

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Leprosy-the moslem attitude
Haidar Abu Ahmed Mohamed
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850003

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Social aspects of leprosy: a case study in Zaria, Northern Nigeria
N. B. B. Reddy, S. K. Satpathy, S. A. R. Krishnan and T. Srinivasan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850004

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Immunological status of histoid leprosy
V. N. Sehgal, G. Srivastava and K. Saha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850005

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Thalidomide induces imbalances in T -lymphocyte sub-populations in the circulating blood of healthy males
S. M. Gad, E. J. Shannon, W. A. Krotoski and R. C. Hastings
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850006

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Reconstruction of the heel with chronic ulceration with flexor digitorum brevis myocutaneous flap
Atul Shah and Shrirang Pandit
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850007

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Mycobacterium leprae in seminal fluid: a case report
S. S. Pareek and Mansoor Al-Nozha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850008

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Relationship between the loss of maxillary anterior alveolar bone and the duration of untreated lepromatous leprosy in Malaysia
Seang Hoo Nah, S. C. Marks and Krishnan Subramaniam
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850009

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

The search for new drugs for the treatment of leprosy
M. Hooper
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850010

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References to ' Side-effects of antileprosy drugs in common use'
W. H. Jopling
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850011

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DOMICILIARY AND FIELD WORK

Books for health workers: AM REF, Nairobi, Kenya • Supplies of microcellular rubber from Karigiri, South India • Portable McArthur microscope in plastic • Zenith binocular microscope • Correspondence course for leprosy technicians, Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, Karachi • Damien Foundation, India organizes work­shops • Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, India • Medical student education in leprosy: Indian Association of Leprologists • Karigiri Video: Medical Teaching Programmes, South India

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REPORTS, NEWS AND NoTES

Robert Cochrane Fund for leprosy • Medical Research Council: tuberculosis and related infections unit • Handbook of Leprosy, ELBS edition • Tropical Diseases Chemotherapy Research Unit, Sunderland Poly technic • CIBA-GEIGY; casette on Lamprene and Rimactane • OXFAM: Questions and answers on the implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) for leprosy • International Symposium on Mycobacteria ofClinical lnterest • Tropical Health Technology; Medical Laboratory Manual for Tropical Countries; Volumes I and 2 • Coordination Bureau for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Copenhagen • Medical Education Newsleller; Centre for Medical Education, Dundee • Medical Journals from China • China Medical Abstracts, 1984 • Video-tape: 'Chemo­ therapy of Leprosy for Control Programmes', Oxford • Lower limb prosthesis for amputees in rural areas • Erratum, Editorial, LEPRA's Elective Period Student Programme, I 978-1983 • Histopathology of leprosy course, Italy, September 1984 • Raoul Follereau Grant 1984 for leprosy research • National Leprosy Organization Bulletin • Pan American Health Organization publications • Leprosy and tropical dermatology • Medicine health and the poor world • XIII International Leprosy Congress, The Hague, Netherlands 1988 • II Congress of Hansenology of the Endemic Countries, December 1985 • ILEP Catalogue on Training 1985 • Artwork for transparencies; a useful rule of thumb • Further hints on the production of written material and tables in transparencies • Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences • XII World Conference on Health Education, 1985 • AHRTAG, London, 1985 • WHO intensifies research in tuberculosis (1984)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

High school students in India learn about leprosy through handbills and 'quiz' contest
S. N. Mathur and S. Hasan

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Occurrence of leprosy in many members of the same family
Mary S. Joseph

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Ulnar nerve calcification and abscess formation in 2 cases of primary mononeuritic leprosy
T. Oommen

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Lipids and leprosy
W. C. S. Smith

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Clofazimine potentiates the synthesis of prostaglandin E2 by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes in vitro
R. Anderson

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Adhesive labels and arrows for clinical photography in leprosy
D. Ansley

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Incubation time of relapses after treatment of paucibacillary leprosy
J. Mullyil

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Reply
A. De Muynck and S. R. Pattin

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