Volume: 64 - Number: 3 - year 1993



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EDITORIALS

Primum non nocere, the ethics of trials of leprosy chemotherapy
L. Levy
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930020

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Management of plantar ulcers theory or practice?
R. O. Kazen
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930021

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Evaluation of the autoimmune response in leprosy
G. Kroumpouzos, A. Vareltzidis, M. M. Konstadoulakis, G. Avgerinou, G. Anastasiadis, H. Kroubouzou, A. Panteleos and A. Tosca
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930022

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Modulation of peripheral blood derived monocytes/macrophages from leprosy patients using 'tufModulation of peripheral blood derived monocytes/macrophages from leprosy patients using 'tuftsin' for production of reactive oxygen intermediates
S. Khare, L. K. Bhutani and D. N. Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930023

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Reversal reaction in multibacillary leprosy patients following MDT with and without immunotherapy with a candidate for an antileprosy vaccine, Mycobacterium w
H. K. Kar, A. K. Sharma, R. S. Misra, K. R. Beena, S. A. Zaheer, R. Mukherjee, A. Mukherjee, S. K. Parida, R. Walia, N. S. K. Nair and G. P. Talwar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930024

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Does the introduction of WHO-MDT influence trends in the incidence of leprosy? - the Malawian experience
Gjalt Boerrigter and Jorg M. Ponnighaus
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930025

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The effects of World Health Organization chemotherapy on imported leprosy in Auckland, New Zealand, 1983-90
J. Cornwall, G. Cameron and R. B. Ellis-Pegler
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930026

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Further observations on MDT blister-calendar packs in vertical leprosy eradication programmes - a multicentre study (Phase II)
C. R. Revankar, Nivedita Gupta, Birte H. Sorensen, S. S. Naik and Multicentre Study Group
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930027

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Trigeminal neuralgia - a presenting feature of facial leprosy
Brajendra Mishra, G. N. Malaviya, A. Girdhar, S. Husain and B. K. Girdhar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930028

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Evolution of early lesions in leprosy
Brajendra Mishra, A. Mukherjee, A. Girdhar, S. Husain, G. N. Malaviya and B. K. Girdhar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930029

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Human immunodeficiency virus and leprosy - type 1 reactions, nerve damage and steroid therapy: 'a case report'
R. Bwire and H. J. S. Kawuma
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930030

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Squamous cell carcinoma in plantar ulcers in leprosy. A case control study
J. H. Richardus and T. C. Smith
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19930031

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PGL-I antibody in HIV infected patients
Elba Gonzalez-Abreu, Maria E. Rodriguez, Julia Perez, Jose Rodriguez and Angel Gonzalez

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Side-effects of lsoprodian compared with WHO-M DT in rural Nepal
W. H. Van Brakel and William Drever

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Comment: Persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in the peripheral nerves of multidrug-treated leprosy patients
J. M. Grange, J. Swanson Beck and N. C. Abbot

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Comment: 'The allocation of leprosy patients into paucibacillary and multibacillary groups for multidrug therapy, taking into account the number of body areas affected by skin, or skin and nerve lesions'
Marijk E. Becx-Bleumink

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Comment: 'Results of surgical procedures for the correction of foot-drop and lagophthalmus due to leprosy'
Margreet Hogeweg

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BOOK REVIEWS

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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES/ NEWS AND NOTES
'Tuberculosis and leprosy; evidence for interaction of disease' • Compact Disc of Leprosy Literature 1 913-1991: Leprosy Research Foundation, USA • Graves Educational Resources, change of address • India: Report of the 4th Independent Evaluation of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme • Learning for health • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK • Need for social science inputs in leprosy eradication. Ninth Erwin Stindl Memorial Oration 1992 • Catalogue: WHO publications on tropical diseases, 1993

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