Lepromatous leprosy with extensive unusual ulcerations and cachexia. Is it the first case of Lucio's phenomenon from Iran?

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Golchai, Javad ^a   Zargari, Omid ^a   Maboodi, Arash ^b   Maboodi, Aptin ^c   Granmayeh, Siamak ^d  

^a Booali Bldg ^*

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Afrah Pathobiology Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; ENDOTHELIUM; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IRAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LUCIO PHENOMENON; MIDDLE EAST; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; CACHEXIA; ENDOTHELIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2942529160     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2004)072<0056:LLWEUU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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