Subcutaneous Nodules and Joint Deformity in Leprosy: Case Report and Review

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-186

  Yens, Diana A ^a,b   Asters, Dimitrios J ^a   Teitel, Ariel ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint deformity; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Rheumatologic manifestations; Subcutaneous nodules

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0344823868     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RHU.0000073593.65503.35     Document Type: Article

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