Criteria for diagnosis of pure neural leprosy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 806-809

  Jardim, Márcia R ^c   Antunes, Sérgio L G ^c   Santos, Adalberto R ^c   Nascimento, Osvaldo J M ^a   Nery, Jose Augusto C ^c   Sales, Anna M ^c   Illarramendi, Ximena ^c   Duppre, Nádia ^c   Chimelli, Leila ^b   Sampaio, Elizabeth P ^c   Sarno, Euzenir N ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO ANTÔNIO PEDRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Leprosy neuropathy; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Pure neuralleprosy (PNL)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE NEURAL LEPROSY; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0041846753     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1081-5     Document Type: Article

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