Lepromatous leprosy: A review and case report;Lepra lepromatosa: Revisión y caso clínico

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-288

  Chimenos Küstner, Eduardo ^a,d   Pascual Cruz, Montserrat ^b   Piñol Dansis, Cristina ^c   Viñals Iglesias, Helena ^a   Rodríguez De Rivera Campillo, Ma Eugenia ^a   López López, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Área Básica de Salud   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Lepromatous leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Tuberculoid leprosy

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GINGIVA; HARD PALATE; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROMIN TEST; LIP; MALE; MAXILLA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NECROSIS; PALATE; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SOFT PALATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TONGUE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; ULCER;

EID: 33750728369     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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