Volume: 56 - Number: 2 - year 1985



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EDITORIAL

Managerial implications of multidrug therapy
A. D. Askew
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850012

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Rapid, radiometric in vitro assay for the evaluation of the anti-leprosy activity of clofazimine and its analogues
A. Mittal, P. S. Seshadri, M. L. Conalty, J. F. O'Sullivan and Indira Nath
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850013

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The effect of Mycobacterium leprae on PHA- and PPD-induced inhibition of leucocyte migration in leprosy patients
T. Dharma Rao, S. S. Lakshmana Rao, Roopa Rajan and P. R. Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850014

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Radioimmunoassay of serum cortisol levels in leprosy patients with special reference to type I and type II reaction
K. Saha, K. N. Rao, V. N. Sehgal, S. Gadi, V. K. Jain and A. K. Chakrabarty
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850015

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The outpatient treatment of nerve damage in patients with borderline leprosy using a semi-standardized steroid regimen
K. U. Kiran, J. N. A. Stanley and J. M. H. Pearson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850016

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Ocular complications in patients with leprosy in Karigiri, South India
Her Hsin Tsai and N. Suryawanshi
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850017

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Naaman's dilemma' - factors influencing the compliance of patients to prescribed drugs in chronic diseases, with particular reference to leprosy
R. Macrorie
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850018

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Leprosy and procreation - a historical review of social and clinical aspects
M. Elizabeth Duncan
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19850019

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DOMICILIARY AND FIELD WORK

Low cost printing for development • OXFAM-LEPRA, Oxford, UK. A mini-pack of teaching materials on leprosy • Penlight for testing thermal sensitivity in leprosy • Primary eye care • Correspondence course for Leprosy technicians, Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, Karachi • OXFAM, Oxford; Questions and answers on the implementation of multi drug therapy (MDT) for leprosy • Technical Guide for Smear Examination for Leprosy by Direct Microscopy

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REPORTS, NEWS AND NOTES

Retirement of Dr H. Sansarricq • Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation: English publications • Medical Laboratory Manual for Tropical Countries Vol. 2: ELBS Edition • Slide-set: Leprosy in the light-skinned • Leprosy at the basic health service level • Behçet's Disease; International Conference in London, September 1985 • Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy • XIII International Leprosy Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, 1988 • II Congress of Hansenology of the Endemic Countries, December 1985 • International Symposium on Mycobacteria of Clinical Interest • XII World Conference on Health Education, 1985 • University of Dundee; Centre for Medical Education • International Conference on Biomechanics and Clinical Kinesiology of Hand and Foot, Madras, 16-18 December 1985 • XXVIth IUAT World Conference on Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Singapore, 4-7 November 1986 • Back numbers of Leprosy Review required • Video-tape: 'Chemotherapy of Leprosy for Control Programmes', Oxford

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Adverse reactions to rifampicin and dapsone
Patricia Rose

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WHO disability grading
Jean M. Watson

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