Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3194119 | Clinics in Dermatology | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Leprosy is mainly a disease of the skin and nerves. The involvement of nerves may lead to impairments that have, contributed to the fact that leprosy is often still seen as a disease to be feared. In non–leprosy-endemic Western countries, beliefs continue to prevail about the inevitability of deformities and the lack of a cure. I review the pathogenesis of deformity and to present a discourse on how deformities can, to a very large extent, be prevented and corrected.
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Authors
J. Wim Brandsma,