This established handbook, now with dual authorship, has been revised again to take into account increasing knowledge and experience of all apsects of this worldwide disease. It contains a concise description of leprosy and its management, an expanded section on antileprosy drugs, multidrug therapy and differential diagnosis, and a new chapter on leprosy control and fieldwork which is relevant to endemic regions of the world. Dr McDougall who is new to this edition, is editor of the journal "Leprosy".
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Editions-Typ
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20 colour plates, glossary, index
Maße
Höhe: 200 mm
Breite: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-433-17569-8 (9780433175698)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Definition, epidemiology and world distribution; the disease; the lepromin test; diagnostic tests; general principles of immunology and their application to the leprosy patient; leprosy reactions (reactional states); general management; chemotherapy; other aspects of treatment; leprosy control and field work; prevention; differential diagnosis.