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Newer management options in leprosy

Author(s) -

PNarasimha Rao,

Suman Jain

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.105274

Subject(s) - medicine , leprosy , grading (engineering) , ultrasonography , intensive care medicine , peripheral nerve , surgery , dermatology , anatomy , civil engineering , engineering

Newer management options are needed for leprosy control even at present, as it is predicted that new cases of leprosy will continue to appear for many more years in future. This article detail newer methods of clinical grading of peripheral nerve involvement (thickening, tenderness and nerve pain which are subjective in nature) and the advances made in the use of Ultrasonography and Colour Doppler as an objective imaging tool for nerves in leprosy. It also briefly discusses the newer drugs and alternative regimens as therapeutic management options which hold promise for leprosy in future.

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