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Prevalence of plantar ulcer and its risk factors in leprosy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023-08-20

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<h4>Background</h4> Plantar ulcers are a leading complication of leprosy that requires frequent visits to hospital and is associated with stigma. The extent of burden of ulcers in leprosy and its risk factors are scant impeding the development of targeted interventions to prevent and promote healing of ulcers. The aim of this review is to generate evidence on the prevalence of plantar ulcer and its risk factors in...

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Literature Corpus work: aa75d255-a9b2-55b3-b523-0659caef3d8e
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.17.23294254

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