The dermlep study I: results of prospective nation-wide survey of the number & Profile of leprosy patients seen by dermatologists in India

• Main Authors: P Narasimha Rao (Author), Santoshdev Rathod (Author), Sujai Suneetha (Author), Sunil Dogra (Author), Sunil Kumar Gupta (Author), Rita Vora (Author), Shushruth Kamoji (Author), Swagta Tambe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: There is evidence to suggest that there is a mismatch between the number of reported cases of leprosy in India and the number of actual cases in the country. One reason could be that many patients are diagnosed and treated outside the NLEP network and dermatologists may be managing som...