Volume: 62 - Number: 2 - year 1991



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EDITORIAL

Reversal, reactions in leprosy and their management
Patricia Rose and M. F. R. Waters
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910013

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Association of mycobacterial - specific and Mycobacterium leprae specific antibody levels with clinical activity in tuberculoid leprosy: a comparative study of three serological enzyme-immunoassays
Vinita Chaturvedi, Sudhir Sinha , B. K. Girdhar , K. Katoch, A. S. Bhatia and U. Sengupta
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910014

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Mycobacteria in nerve trunks of long-term treated leprosy patients
J. H. Pereira, D. D. Palande and S. E. Gschmeissner
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910015

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The significance of facial patches and Type I reaction for the development of facial nerve damage in leprosy. A retrospective study among 1226 paucibacillary leprosy patients
Margreet Hogeweg, K. Udaya Kiran and Sujai Suneetha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910016

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Treatment of recent facial nerve damage with lagophthalmos, using a semistandardized steroid regimen
K. Udaya Kiran, Margreet Hogeweg and Sujai Suneetha
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910017

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Leprosy and acquired factor VIII inhibitor: a case report
J. M. Annichino-Bizzacchi and T. F. G. S. Machado
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910018

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Patterns of erythropoesis and anaemia in leprosy
R. Sen, S. S. Yadav, Uma Singh, P. Sehgal and V. B. Dixit
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910019

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Effect of dapsone on haemoglobin concentration in patients with leprosy
Sally R. Byrd and R. H. Gelber
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910020

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A controlled therapeutic trial in paucibacillary leprosy comparing a single dose of rifampicin with a single dose of rifampicin followed by one year of daily dapsone
S. R. Pattyn, G. Groenen, L. Janssens, L. Kuykens, L. B. Mputu and The Collaborative Study Group for the Treatment of Leprosy in Zaire
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910021

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Longitudinal study on relapses of leprosy in Polynesian multibacillary patients on dapsone monotherapy between 1946 and 1970
J. L. Cartel, J. P. Boutin, A. Spiegel, R. Puchart and J. F. Roux
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910022

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A retrospective study on seven years of multidrug treatment for paucibacillary and multibacillary leprosy in Bayara General Hospital, Nigeria
L. M. Blok, L. J. Bloos and G. Van Den Berg
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910023

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The protective effects of methyl cellulose and conoid shields for lagophthalmos and corneal hypaesthesia in leprosy
M. A. Karaçorlu, T. Çakiner, Z. Sürel, N. Ersoy, T. Saylan and M. Sütlas
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910024

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Persistent reaction in paucibacillary leprosy: case reports
Uma Saxena, V. Ramesh, R. S. Misra and Ashok Mukherjee
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910025

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Localized borderline lepromatous leprosy
P. K. Jha, S. Talwar, M. S. Suresh and V. Panvelkar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910026

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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: a case report strikingly resembling lepromatous leprosy
V. Ramesh, Uma Saxena, R. S. Misra and A. Mukherjee
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910027

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SPECIAL ARTICLES

Ten years of activities of the German Leprosy Relief Agency in Senegal
C. Naudin
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19910028

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Comment: Clofazimine-induced Iymphoedema
A. H. Patki

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Comment: The use of honey and sugar for the treatment of ulcers in leprosy
Sharad Mutalik

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Field detection of early neuritis in leprosy
A. Salafia

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Wooden box for the taking, fixation and transport of slides for slit-skin smears in leprosy under field conditions
Mustafa Sutlas and Ilhan Ozel

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Reply: amyloidosis
J. G. Andersen

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TEACHING MATERIAIS AND SERVICES
Disability in the developing world-Course, July 1991, Nottingham, England • TALMILEP- Video catalogue • 3-D leprosy wax models • Health Education/Promotion for Primary Health Care: a new 3-month certificate course • Training courses and teaching materials, Marie Adelaide Centre, Pakistan • ILEP training: Karigiri and ALERT • The changing face of Ieprosy, Film • Bombay Leprosy Project

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NEWS AND NOTES
TDR News: Techniques for leprosy diagnosis • The 'Jaipur Foot' India • Shelf-Iife of antileprosy drugs • New AFRO Health Sciences Library and Documentation Centre • Thermal sensibility tester • PATH, USA: bibliography on tuberculosis • WHO: Documents on tuberculosis • German Award for Chairman of Aussatzigen-Hilswerk, Munich, 1990 • Africa Health Marketeer • WHO: 'World tuberculosis toll is rising' • Leprosy control in Turkey • Leprosy Epidemiological Bulletin, Belgium • Revista de Fontilles Leprologia, Spain • Damien Foundation, Belgium; new emphasis • Skin biopsy in leprosy, 3rd Edition, D. S. Ridley, Ciba-Geigy • XXXIV International Leprosy Meeting for I Missionaries and Auxiliary Staff, and 2 Paramedicals, Autumn 1991, Fontilles, Spam • Essential Drugs Monitor; WHO

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