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SUBMITTER: Walker SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5510881 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walker Stephen L SL Sales Anna M AM Butlin C Ruth CR Shah Mahesh M Maghanoy Armi A Lambert Saba M SM Darlong Joydeepa J Rozario Benjamin Jewel BJ Pai Vivek V VV Balagon Marivic M Doni Shimelis N SN Hagge Deanna A DA Nery José A C JAC Neupane Kapil D KD Baral Suwash S Sangma Biliom A BA Alembo Digafe T DT Yetaye Abeba M AM Hassan Belaynesh A BA Shelemo Mohammed B MB Nicholls Peter G PG Lockwood Diana N J DNJ
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20170703 7
<h4>Objectives</h4>We wished to validate our recently devised 16-item ENLIST ENL Severity Scale, a clinical tool for measuring the severity of the serious leprosy associated complication of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). We also wished to assess the responsiveness of the ENLIST ENL Severity Scale in detecting clinical change in patients with ENL.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants, recruited from seven centres in six leprosy endemic countries, were assessed using the ENLIST ENL Severity Scale by two ...[more]