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International Open Trial of Uniform Multi-Drug Therapy Regimen for 6 Months for All Types of Leprosy Patients : Rationale, Design and Preliminary Results

OBJECTIVE: To describe the rationale, design and preliminary results of an open trial of 6 months uniform multi-drug therapy (U-MDT) for all types of leprosy patients assuming a cumulative relapse rate not exceeding 5% over 5 years of follow-up. METHODS: We intended to recruit 2500 patients each in...

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Main Authors: Kroger, A., Pannikar, V., Htoon, M. T., Jamesh, A., Katoch, K., Krishnamurthy, P., Ramalingam, K., Jianping, S., Jadhav, V., Gupte, M. D., Manickam, P.
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
China
Clofazimine
Dapsone
Combination Drug Therapy
Female
Humans
India
Leprostatic Agents
Leprosy
Male
Middle Aged
Rifampin
Bacterial Skin Diseases
Treatment Outcome
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5101

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