Indian Journal of Leprosy
Overview
Indian Journal of Leprosy is a scientific journal, published since 1984 in English. The journal's country of origin is India and its primary focus area is tropical medicine.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Indian J Lepr
Start
1984
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
0254-9395
Country
India
Language
English
Specialty
Tropical Medicine
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 11752
23
SJR / Ranks: 12858
240
CiteScore / Ranks: 14381
0.40
Recent Articles
1.
Shilpa K, Leelavathy B, Lakshmi D, Divya G
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):189-192.
PMID: 30207644
The terminology Cauliflower ear refers to the appearance of external ear, sequelae to underlying primary inflammation/infection. Trauma and secondary infection or perichondritis being the most common cause of cauliflower ear,...
2.
Shilpa K, Leelavathy B, Kavya K, Lakshmi D, Divya G
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):185-88.
PMID: 30207443
Pityriasis rosea is one of the commonly encountered papulo squamous disease in dermatology outpatient department. Its clinical presentations are varied, and it also has many atypical forms. We report a...
3.
Chowdhary K, Rao R, Priya P, Valiathan M, Shetty S, Pai S
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):177-83.
PMID: 30207442
Cutaneous sarcoidosis may occasionally be mistaken and treated for leprosy. We present two cases of sarcoidosis of the skin which were initially treated as leprosy based on the histopathological features....
4.
Arumugam S, Joseph P, Ponnaiya J, Richard J, Das M, Chaitanya V, et al.
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):159-76.
PMID: 30207441
The objective of the research is to test the efficacy of new drugs and drug combinations in mice infected with Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) as alternative to current WHO MDT....
5.
Joseph P, Ponnaiya J, Das M, Chaitanya V, Arumugam S, Ebenezer M
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):147-58.
PMID: 30207440
Leprosy, a debilitating disease of the skin and peripheral nerves is caused by Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and is treated by multidrug therapy (MDT) comprising of Dapsone, Rifampicin and Clofazimine....
6.
Calixto M, Marciano L, Prado R, Nardi S, Marques T
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 Sep;
88(3):137-46.
PMID: 30207439
This study has been carried out to investigate the frequency of musculoskeletal symptoms in people affected by leprosy and correlate this to their functional capacity to perform daily living and...
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Das A, Das S
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 May;
87(4):259-265.
PMID: 29762956
Breast tuberculosis (TB) is rare form of extra-pulmonary TB. It is most commonly seen in women of reproductive age group, especially in young, multiparous women who are breast feeding. In...
9.
Mehta N, Ramachandran R, Srikanth S
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 May;
87(4):255-257.
PMID: 29762955
Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) is characterized by evanescent, erythematous, painful raised nodules which fade within 48-72 hours. Necrotic and ulcerative forms are rare presentations of severe ENL. A 27 year...
10.
Sharma P, Singh D
Indian J Lepr
. 2018 May;
87(4):249-253.
PMID: 29762954
Six male patients of lepromatous leprosy with erythema nodosum leprosum reaction (ENL) reactions diagnosed clinically and by slit skin smear were treated with aspirin and clofazimine. Aspirin was given in...