TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Blindness
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Ear Deformities, Acquired
KW - Eyebrows
KW - Facial Paralysis
KW - Foot Deformities, Acquired
KW - Hand Deformities, Acquired
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - leprosy
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nose Deformities, Acquired
AU - Hasan S
AB - <p>Neuropathic deformity is a major problem among the patients of Hyderabad city. Nearly 44.3% of the patients have one or the other kind of deformity of the hand, foot or face. 29.1% of the upper limbs, 30.7% of the lower limbs and 5.2% of the faces were affected. The patients with Lepromatous Leprosy showed greater tendency to deformity (66.4%). Patients with simply anaesthesia in hands and feet formed the majority among the deformity cases, a total of 41.6%. Education of the patients in the hand and foot care is an essential feature of the clinic physiotherapy technician.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/592742?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1977 Jul
IS - 3
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Neuropathic deformity is a major problem among the patients of Hyderabad city. Nearly 44.3% of the patients have one or the other kind of deformity of the hand, foot or face. 29.1% of the upper limbs, 30.7% of the lower limbs and 5.2% of the faces were affected. The patients with Lepromatous Leprosy showed greater tendency to deformity (66.4%). Patients with simply anaesthesia in hands and feet formed the majority among the deformity cases, a total of 41.6%. Education of the patients in the hand and foot care is an essential feature of the clinic physiotherapy technician.</p>
PY - 1977
SP - 393
EP - 9
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - A survey of leprosy deformities among the patients of Hyderabad city.
VL - 49
SN - 0024-1024
ER -