Risk factors for physical disability upon release from multidrug therapy in new cases of leprosy at a referral center in Brazil

ABSTRACT The present study sought to investigate the risk factors for physical disability upon release from multidrug therapy (MDT) in new cases of leprosy, registered at a referral center in Brazil. This is a longitudinal and retrospective study that evaluated 260 patients. Multivariate analyses, u...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Proença Nardi Assis, Sandra Lyon, Maria Aparecida de Faria Grossi, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2019-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652019005000205&lng=en&tlng=en