Muscle involvement in leprosy: Study of the anterior tibial muscle in 40 patients

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 3 B, 1999, Pages 723-734

  Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^a   Teive, Hélio A G ^a   Scola, Rosana Herminia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Muscle biopsy; Myositis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 0033186955     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000500001     Document Type: Article

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