Clinical, electroneuromyographic and morphological studies of pure neural leprosy in a Brazilian referral centre

Leprosy Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-253

  Rodrigues Jardim, Márcia ^b   Chimelli, Leila ^b   Corte Real Faria, Suzana ^b   Valverde Fernandes, Priscila ^b   Da Costa Néri, José Augusto ^b   Sales, Ana Maria ^b   Nunes Sarno, Euzenir ^b   Gomes Antunes, Sérgio Luiz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROMYOGRAPHY; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MONONEUROPATHY SIMPLEX; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE ENLARGEMENT; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; PARESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PURE NEURAL LEPROSY; REMYELINIZATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 5444256042     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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