The changing face of leprosy
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The changing face of leprosy
Abstract
Still a cause of preventable blindness
Comment on
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Incidence of ocular morbidity among multibacillary leprosy patients during a 2 year course of multidrug therapy.Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 May;90(5):568-73. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.084913. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006. PMID: 16622085 Free PMC article.
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