Calcification of peripheral nerves in leprosy

Acta Leprologica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Chauhan, S L ^a   Girdhar, A ^b   Mishra, B ^b   Malaviya, G N ^b   Venkatesan, K ^b   Girdhar, B K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

caseous pus; dystrophic calcification; leprosy; nerve abscess; nerve calcification; tuberculoid therapy

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DAPSONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RIFAMPIN; SUPPURATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029842356     PISSN: 00015938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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