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BACKGROUND: At the present time, more than 100 cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) developing in neurotrophic ulcers of leprosy have been reported. But the histopathologic features and the differences...
This study was performed to assess the recurrence rate and the factors related with the recurrence of leprosy and to use the data obtained from the present study for the...
BACKGROUND: Hemolysis is one of the chief side-effects of dapsone. But the frequency and severity of hemolysis have not been fully elucidated in patients with leprosy.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our...
A central question to the pathogenesis of leprosy is how Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, survives and replicates within macrophages. 18-kDa protein of M. leprae, a major antigen,...
To prepare the postelimination phase of Hansen's disease in Korea, it is mandatory to review antileprosy strategies that we have pursued in the past, present and future in medical aspects...