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. 2006 Mar 4;332(7540):508.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508.

Coming in from the cold

Michael Leidig

Coming in from the cold

Michael Leidig. BMJ. .

Abstract

The residents of Europe's last remaining colony for people with leprosy are being integrated back into society with help from the EU and lobbying from their own community. Michael Leidig reports

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Ioana Miscov is one of the surviving residents of the leper colony, where conditions now are arguably better than for the average Romanian Credit: GRAINGER LAFFAN/EUROPICS
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