Familial transmission of leprosy in post-war Britain--discrimination and dissent.

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Published in QJM on March 28, 2008

Authors

A L Gill1, G V Gill, N J Beeching

Author Affiliations

1: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK. alisongill@doctors.org.uk

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