Volume: 67 - Number: 3 - year 1996



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EDITORIAL

The incoming editor's viewpoint
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960016

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Health information systems for leprosy control programmes: a case for quality assessment
Daniel Grodos, Isabelle Françoise and René Tonglet
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960017

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Origin of new leprosy cases during general surveys in relation to previous survey findings
K. Jesudasan, P. Vijayakumaran, N. Manimozhi, J. D. Raja Samuel Bushanam, S. Kanagarajan and P. S. S. Sundar Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960018

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Gender differentials in the social impact of leprosy
S. Rao, V. Garole, S. Walawalkar, S. Khot and N. Karandikar
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960019

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Surgical reconstruction of leprotic foot-drop
M. M. Bari, A. K. M. S. Islam and A. K. M. A. Haque
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960020

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Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia in trophic ulcers in leprosy patients. A 28-case study
Michel-Yves Grauwen, Ibrahima Mane and Jean-Louis Cartel
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960021

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Cost-effective footwear for leprosy control programmes: a study in rural Ethiopia
Girma Seboka and Paul Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960022

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Two unusual nerve abscesses-lepromatous leprosy and p'ure neural leprosy: case reports
G. Ramesh Kumar, P. V. Ramana, N. Vasundhara and M. Kumaraswamy Reddy
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960023

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

Largest vaccine trial in Africa shows protection against leprosy but not tuberculosis
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960024

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OBITUARY
Pault Ebefia Odeghe

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

An unusual reaction to rifampicin in a once monthly dose
R. R. Sule

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Pure neuritic leprosy of the supraorbit al nerve
V. Ramesh

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Development of life-threatening thrombocy topaeni a in a patient on multidrug therapy and prednisolone
R. Cross

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Delusional parasitosis in leprosy
M . S. Bhatia, Sabita Shome and R. K. Gautam

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Comment: 'Silently arising clinical neuropathy' and ex tended indication of steroid therapy in leprosy neuropathy
Yohannes Negesse

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Comment: Newly 'registered' vs 'di agnosed' leprosy patients in the literature
Paramjlt Kaur

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Comment: current concepts in the surgical management of Lagophthalmos in leprosy
R. E. Pfaltzgraff

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BOOK REVIEW

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TEACHING MATERIALS A ND SERVICES
WHO: Chemotherapy of leprosy • WHO: Training materials for tuberculosis • Tuberculosis training courses at ALERT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Dangerous TB treatment practices threatening lives of AIDS patients, WHO 1995 • World TB Day, 24 March 1996, WHO • TB 'will kill 30 m in next 10 years', The Guardian • Technical guide for smear examination for leprosy, insert 1995 • TALC: Teaching aids at low cost • ILEP: training catalogue (Catalogue de Formation) 1996 • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine • INTRAH: Free materials in reproductive health • General low-cost sources of health literature. ELBS • Reviews of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases in Spanish

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NEWS AND NOTES
SIDA's contribution to leprosy control in India • IDEA: International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement • XV International Leprosy Congress: preliminary announcement • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS • Leprosy Review posters: 1 Diagnosis and reversal reactions

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