Jopling’s Handbook of Leprosy

Highlights of the Seventh Edition

• Numerous new clinical images and schematic diagrams added to chapters
• Underlining of important text
• Cross citations between chapters to help readers get broader perspectives
• Diagnosis: Addition of sections on nerve biopsy procedure, electrophysiological studies and nerve imaging
• Immunopathogenesis: Easy to comprehend text, punctuated with illustrations, covering complexities of immunology of leprosy and reactions and latest developments
• Drug resistance: Recent developments with detailed clinical relevance
• Chemoprophylaxis, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapeutics: Addition of recent developments and literature
• Nerve function assessment and muscle testing: New schematic and clinical images; detailed descriptions of nerve course and innervations
• Disability and deformities section: New orthoses have been detailed, and more images on surgical correction of deformities added