A quality of life study of patients with leprosy attending the dermatology OPD of a tertiary care center of Eastern India

• Main Authors: Nirmalya K Das (Author), Abhishek De (Author), Biswanath Naskar (Author), Amrita Sil (Author), Sudip Das (Author), Aarti Sarda (Author), Gobinda Chatterjee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae affecting the skin, peripheral nervous system, and other tissues. The disease is associated with social stigma, and the patients sometimes suffer social discrimination because it often leads to visible physical deform...