Leprosy in Britain: 50 years experience in Liverpool.

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Published in QJM on June 13, 2005

Authors

A L Gill1, D R Bell, G V Gill, G B Wyatt, N J Beeching

Author Affiliations

1: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.

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