Study of Haemolysis in Patients of Leprosy Being Administered Multi-Drug Therapy at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Maharashtra: A Prospective Study

• Main Authors: Siddharth Bhatt (Author), Subramaniyan Radhakrishnan (Author), Biju Vasudevan (Author), Shekhar Neema (Author), Rohit Kothari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Dapsone forms the backbone of multi-drug therapy (MDT) in leprosy and many other dermatological disorders. Haemolysis is its common side effect which often necessitates drug stoppage. Currently, wide variation in data of haemolysis with dapsone exists in literature ranging from 24.7% t...