Leprosy in an Eight-Year-Old Child – An Exceptional Case with Unusual Oral Manifestation
Leprosy is a contagious and granulomatous disease which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The incubation period for leprosy is five to seven years and it can take as long as about 30 years before signs and symptoms of leprosy develop in some patients. It is a chronic systemic disease which mostly...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2017-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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