[Our role in sentinel surveillance for drug resistance in leprosy by global leprosy programme] [0.03%]
全球麻风病规划中的药物耐药监测哨点的作用
Masanori Matsuoka
Masanori Matsuoka
Sentinel surveillance for drug resistance in leprosy by global leprosy programme has launched in 2006. Possible contribution of Japanese researchers to global leprosy control in the future were discussed on the base of circumstances of the ...
[Japanese guideline on thalidomide usage in the management of erythema nodosum leprosum] [0.03%]
日本关于氨酚丁因治疗瘤型麻风杆菌诱导的红斑结节的用药指南
Norihisa Ishii,Yutaka Ishida,Yoshiko Okano et al.
Norihisa Ishii et al.
Treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL, type 2 reaction) using thalidomide provides effective alternative choice to steroid therapy. Yet, the Japanese National Health Insurance approves thalidomide prescription only for the treatment o...
[Histopathological examination of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans disease) in surgically removed skin] [0.03%]
[手术切除皮肤的卜鲁里溃疡(麻风分枝杆菌所致皮肤溃疡)的病理检查]
Satoyo Wakai,Mikihisa Yajima
Satoyo Wakai
We report the results of an examination of gross images of two patients with Buruli ulcer and a histopathological evaluation of surgically removed skin from two other cases at the non-ulcerated and ulcerated stages, respectively. Histopatho...
Norihisa Ishii,Rie Roselyne Yotsu,Shuichi Mori
Norihisa Ishii
Until the Japanese Leprosy Prevention Law was abolished in 1996, leprosy patients, regardless of their severity, had to be treated by accredited doctors. The majority of them had to be confined in a sanatorium to be treated, since only few ...
[Peculiar history to formation of 'Freely recuperate zone' in the National Sanatorium Kuryu Rakusen-en, Gunma, Japan (relation between the 'Old Yunosawa-ward' and 'Freely recuperate zone' in the National Sanatorium Kuryu Rakusen-en)] [0.03%]
[日本群马县国营久留疗养园“自由休养区域”的形成及其特殊历史（国营久留疗养园的“旧油川区”与“自由休养区域”的关系）]
Makoto Kitahara
Makoto Kitahara
Hansen's disease sufferers had been visiting the hot spring, Kusatsu-Spa, in Gunma, Japan, for Toji (which means 'hot springs treatment' in Japanese) since the middle ages, as it was known reportedly for a long time to be effective in curin...
[Special lecture: What it means to be "infected"--how a human body, or health professionals combat "infection"] [0.03%]
【特别讲座：何谓感染——人体如何作战；医护人员又该如何应对？]
Soichi Arakawa
Soichi Arakawa
Rie Roselyne Yotsu,Koichi Suzuki,Shuichi Mori et al.
Rie Roselyne Yotsu et al.
The Leprosy Mailing List (LML) is an e-mailing list open to whoever interested in the field from all over the world. It acts as a forum for exchanging information related to Hansen's disease. It was established in February 2001 in Italy, an...