Leprosy type 1 reactions and erythema nodosum leprosum

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Kahawita, Indira P ^a   Walker, Stephen L ^a   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythema nodosum; Leprosy; Leprosy complications; Leprosy therapy; Neuritis; Peripheral nervous system diseases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CLOFAZIMINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE; ZINC;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMNOLENCE; TERATOGENESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 53549118584     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962008000100010     Document Type: Review

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