A Central India Perspective on Leprosy and Its Association with Diabetes Mellitus

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Social Health and Diabetes 2019; 07(01): 037-038
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1692334

Letter to the Editor

Novo Nordisk Education Foundation

Amritava Ghosh

¹Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

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