Leprosy-specific oral lesions: A report of three cases

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Motta, Ana Carolina F ^a   Komesu, Marilena C ^a   Silva, Claudia Helena Lovato ^a   Arruda, Darlene ^b   Simão, João Carlos Lopes ^b   Zenha, Erika Muller Ramalho ^b   Furini, Renata Bazan ^b   Foss, Norma T ^b  

^a Dental School of Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lepromatous leprosy; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Oral lesions

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH LESION; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; SOFT PALATE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; PALATE, SOFT;

EID: 54549089879     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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