Clinico-pathological features of erythema nodosum leprosum: A case-control study at ALERT hospital, Ethiopia

Edessa Negera; Stephen L. Walker; Selfu Girma; Shimelis N. Doni; Degafe Tsegaye; Saba M. Lambert; Munir H. Idriss; Yohanis Tsegay; Hazel M. Dockrell; Abraham Aseffa; Diana N. Lockwood

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006011

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Clinico-pathological features of erythema nodosum leprosum: A case-control study at ALERT hospital, Ethiopia

Edessa Negera ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: edessan@yahoo.com

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom, Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-3142

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Stephen L. Walker,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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Selfu Girma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Shimelis N. Doni,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Degafe Tsegaye,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Saba M. Lambert,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Munir H. Idriss,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yohanis Tsegay,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Hazel M. Dockrell,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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Abraham Aseffa,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Diana N. Lockwood

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
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Clinico-pathological features of erythema nodosum leprosum: A case-control study at ALERT hospital, Ethiopia

Edessa Negera,
Stephen L. Walker,
Selfu Girma,
Shimelis N. Doni,
Degafe Tsegaye,
Saba M. Lambert,
Munir H. Idriss,
Yohanis Tsegay,
Hazel M. Dockrell,
Abraham Aseffa

Published: October 13, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006011

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