COVID-19 SPECIAL FORUM - Letter to the editor
A spectrum of leprosy reactions triggered by Covid-19 vaccination: a series of four cases
N. Saraswat,
N. Saraswat
Department of Dermatology, Military Hospital, Agra, India
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D. M. Tripathy,
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D. M. Tripathy
Department of Dermatology, Military Hospital, Agra, India
Correspondence: D. M. Tripathy. E-mail:
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S. Kumar,
S. Kumar
Department of Dermatology, Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India
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P. Awasthi,
P. Awasthi
Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Military Hospital, Agra, India
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M. M. Gopal,
M. M. Gopal
Department of Pathology & Histopathology, Command Hospital, Lucknow, India
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N. Saraswat,
N. Saraswat
Department of Dermatology, Military Hospital, Agra, India
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D. M. Tripathy,
Corresponding Author
D. M. Tripathy
Department of Dermatology, Military Hospital, Agra, India
Correspondence: D. M. Tripathy. E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
S. Kumar,
S. Kumar
Department of Dermatology, Motilal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India
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P. Awasthi,
P. Awasthi
Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, Military Hospital, Agra, India
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M. M. Gopal,
M. M. Gopal
Department of Pathology & Histopathology, Command Hospital, Lucknow, India
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First published: 29 June 2022
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