Complications of leprosy
Karat, A.B.
Leprosy in India 50(3): 405-413
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-1024 PMID: 212642 Document Number: 132871
Leprosy is essentially a systemic disease and is a great "mimicker" of many other diseases. It affects apart from skin and peripheral nerves, haemopoietic, reticulo-endothelial and endocrine systems as well as eyes, bones and muscles.
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