Cranial nerve involvement in patients with leprous neuropathy

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-285

  Kumar, Sudhir ^a,b   Alexander, Mathew ^a   Gnanamuthu, Chandran ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SKIN DEFECT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

EID: 33748428771     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.27154     Document Type: Article

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