The oral mucosa in paucibacillary leprosy: a clinical and histopathological study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Morgado de Abreu, Marilda Aparecida Milanez ^a   Mota de Avelar Alchorne, Maurício ^a   Michalany, Nilceo Schwery ^a   Weckx, Luc Louis Maurice ^a   Pimentel, Dalva Regina Neto ^a   Hirata, Cleonice Hitomi Watashi ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 34247371038     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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