A clinical trial of minocycline in lepromatous leprosy.

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Published in BMJ on January 11, 1992

Authors

R H Gelber1, K Fukuda, S Byrd, L P Murray, P Siu, M Tsang, T H Rea

Author Affiliations

1: Hansen's Disease Research Program, San Francisco, California 94115-1896.

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