TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Arthritis
KW - Conjunctivitis
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - England
KW - Epistaxis
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Hypersensitivity
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Methods
KW - Nasal Mucosa
KW - Polyarteritis Nodosa
KW - Syringomyelia
KW - Time Factors
AU - Powell S
AU - McDougall C
AB - <p>The case histories of eight patients in the United Kingdom admitted to hospital for the diagnosis of leprosy are examined in detail. Review of their early symptoms and signs showed that there had been delays in diagnosis, ranging from a few months to many years. Possible reasons for delay are discussed, and attention is called to the importance of nasal symptoms in the early diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy.</p>
BT - British medical journal
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4150705?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1974 Mar 30
DO - 10.1136/bmj.1.5908.612
IS - 5908
J2 - Br Med J
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The case histories of eight patients in the United Kingdom admitted to hospital for the diagnosis of leprosy are examined in detail. Review of their early symptoms and signs showed that there had been delays in diagnosis, ranging from a few months to many years. Possible reasons for delay are discussed, and attention is called to the importance of nasal symptoms in the early diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy.</p>
PY - 1974
SP - 612
EP - 3
T2 - British medical journal
TI - Clinical recognition of leprosy: some factors leading to delays in diagnosis.
VL - 1
SN - 0007-1447
ER -