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Severe Effects of Leprosy Affecting the Hands

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Severe Effects of Leprosy Affecting the Hands

In this person, leprosy has caused part of the fingers of both hands to be lost.

Image courtesy of Arthur E. Kaye via the Public Health Image Library of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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