Volume: 68 - Number: 1 - year 1997
Editor's Choice
Diana N. J. Lockwood
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970001
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EDITORIAL
Joint Tuberculosis/Leprosy Programmes
Paul Saunderson
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970002
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Leucocytopenia after rifampicin and ofloxacin therapy in leprosy
P. Vijayakumaran, N. Manimozhi, K. Jesudasan, S. Arunthathi, Mary Jacob and P. Samuel
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970003
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Release of reactive nitrogen intermediates from the peripheral blood-derived monocytes/macrophages of leprosy patients stimulated in vitro by tuftsin
S. Khare, L. K. Bhutani and D. N. Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970004
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Functional sensibility of the hand in leprosy patients
Wim H. Van Brakel, C. Marleen Kets, Monique E. Van Leerdam, Ishwar B. Khawas and Khadga Singh Gurung
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970005
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Temporalis muscle transfer in the correction of lagophthalmos due to leprosy
D. Soares and M. Chew
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970006
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The extent of leprosy-related disabilities in Istanbul Leprosy Hospital, Turkey
A. Senal Egit, G. Cagri, M. Karagcorlu and A. Kultur
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970007
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Alternative approaches for the prevention of disability in leprosy
M. Ebenezer and P. S. S. Sundar Rao
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970008
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A simple and inexpensive pinch meter to detect subclinical weakness among leprosy patients
D. Soares and A. Riedel
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970009
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SPECIAL ARTICLE
Guideline for the clinical use and dispensing of thalidomide
R. J. Powell and J. M. M. Gardner-Medwin
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970010
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2nd International Conference on the Elimination of Leprosy, New Delhi, India, 11-13 October 1996
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970011
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Health education to aid leprosy control in Nepal: Lepra Elective Study
E. D. Seaton and J. Collier
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970012
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Leprosy in Guyana, 1990-95: Lepra Elective Study
Holly Alexander and Ricardo Persaud
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19970013
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comment: Implementing multidrug therapy in areas not covered by the health services- some experiences from Chad
Fatchou Gakaitangou and Johannes Schafer
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Comment: Training needs for physiotherapy technicians
R. Premkumar
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Comment: Long-term follow-up of joint stabilization procedures in the treatment of fixed deformities of feet in leprosy
Pleter A. M. Schreuder
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Comment: The management of erythema nodosum leprosum : current and future options
D. Soutar
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Comment: Surgical reconstruction of leprotic foot-drop
Johs G. Andersen
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BOOK REVIEW
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TEACHING MATERIALS AND SERVICES
Schieffelin Leprosy Research & Training Centre, Courses for 1997 • The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • Ilustrated history of tropical diseases, Wellcome Trust, London • New Manual on TB-HIV co-infaection, WHO • Dermatologists in the National Leprosy Eradication Programme, India • International Federation of Anti-leprosy Associations (ILEP) - membership list
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NEWS AND NOTES
Global plan of action of the elimination of leprosy, updated 1 996, WHO • Integration of leprosy elimi nation activities into general health services - informal consultation, WHO • Further decline in leprosy prevalence, LEPNews, WHO, June 1996 • Strategy for the elimination of leprosy for Maharashtra, India by the year 2000, June 1996 • Acworth Leprosy Hospital Society, 25th Anniversary • Tropical Medicine Resource, The Wel lcome Centre, London • XV International Leprosy Congress, Beijing, China, September 1998 • Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy • American Lung Association & American Thoracic Society Conference, May 1997, USA • Where are we in the fight against leprosy approaching the year 2000? April 1 99 7 , Turkey • Leprosy Review posters : Immunology
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