Initial intensive therapy for multibacillary leprosy patients-in retrospect
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Relapses in multibacillary leprosy patients: effect of length of therapy.
Two groups of MB leprosy patients, one treated to the point of smear negativity (TSN) and the other given therapy for fixed duration (24 doses of WHO MB regimen) (FDT), were compared for relapse rates during treatment and in the post-treatment period. During the follow-up of 980.2 person years in 260 patients treated with FDT, 20 relapses (2.04/100 patient years) were observed. In the other gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19920042