Pure neural leprosy: Diagnostic value of the polymerase chain reaction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-414

  Da Cunha, Francisco M Bezerra ^a   Werneck, Mauricio C M ^b   Scola, Rosana H ^b   Werneck, Lineu C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hansen's disease; Leprosy; Neuropathy; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE NEURAL LEPROSY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33644528144     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20465     Document Type: Article

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