JOPLING’S HANDBOOK OF LEPROSY 7TH INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highlights of the Seventh Edition? Numerous new clinical images and schematic diagrams added to chapters ? Underlining of important text? Cross citations between chapters to help readers get broader perspectives? Diagnosis: Addition of sections on nerve biopsy procedure, electrophysiological studies and nerve imaging? Immunopathogenesis: Easy to comprehend text, punctuated with illustrations, covering complexities of immunology of leprosy and reactions and latest developments? Drug resistance: Recent developments with detailed clinical relevance? Chemoprophylaxis, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapeutics: Addition of recent developments and literature? Nerve function assessment and muscle testing: New schematic and clinical images; detailed descriptions of nerve course and innervations? Disability and deformities section: New orthoses have been detailed, and more images on surgical correction of deformities added