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{{SK}} Hansen's disease

==[[Leprosy overview|Overview]]==

==[[Leprosy historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==

==[[Leprosy characteristics|Classification]]==

==[[Leprosy pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]==

==[[Leprosy causes|Causes]]==

==[[Leprosy differential diagnosis|Differentiating Leprosy from other Diseases]]==

==[[Leprosy epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]==

==[[Leprosy risk factors|Risk Factors]]==

==[[Leprosy natural history|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]==

==Diagnosis==
[[Leprosy history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Leprosy physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Leprosy laboratory tests|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Leprosy x ray|X Ray]] | [[Leprosy other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Leprosy other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]

==Treatment==
[[Leprosy medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Leprosy surgery|Surgery]] | [[Leprosy primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Leprosy secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Leprosy cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Leprosy future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]

==Case Studies==
[[Leprosy case study one|Case #1]]

==Related Chapters==
* [[Tuberculosis]]

==Further Reading==
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* {{cite journal | author = Clark E | title = Social Welfare and Mutual Aid in the Medieval Countryside | work = Vill, Guild, and Gentry: Forces of Community in Later Medieval England | journal = The Journal of British Studies | year = 1994 | volume = 33 | issue = 4 | pages = pp. 394–6 | url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9371(199410)33%3A4%3C381%3ASWAMAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L}}

* {{cite book | author = Icon Health Publications | title = Leprosy: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References | edition = | publisher = San Diego: Icon Health Publications | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-597-84006-7}}

* {{cite journal | author = Rawcliffe C | title = Learning to Love the Leper: aspects of institutional Charity in Anglo Norman England | journal = Anglo Norman Studies | year = 2001 | volume = 23 | pages = pp. 233–52 | url= }}

* {{cite book | author = Rawcliffe C | title = Leprosy in Medieval England | publisher = Boydell Press | location = Ipswich | year = 2006 | isbn = 1843832739 }}

* {{cite book | author = Talarigo J | title = The Pearl Diver: (fiction) young woman with leprosy is exiled to leprosy colony in Japan, 1929 | edition = | publisher = Doubleday | year= 2004 | isbn = 1-4025-8661-2}}

* {{cite book | author = Tayman J | title = The Colony : The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai | edition = | publisher =  Simon & Schuster | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-7432-3300 }}

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==External Links==
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* [http://www.hrsa.gov/hansens/ National Hansen's Disease Programs (NHDP), U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration]
* [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/hansens_t.htm Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)] - [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]
* [http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/divisions/dfbmd/diseases/hansens_disease]
* [http://www.who.int/lep/en/ World Health Organization (WHO) leprosy website]

==History of Leprosy==

* [http://www.leprosyhistory.org/ ILA Global Project on the History of Leprosy]

==Research==

* [http://www.granuloma.homestead.com/leprosy.html Pathology Images of Leprosy and Other Granulomatous diseases] Yale Rosen, M.D.
* [http://www.infolep.org INFOLEP Leprosy Information Services]
* [http://www.leprosy-review.org.uk/ ''Leprosy Review'']
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